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. 2023 Feb 28;12(5):1920. doi: 10.3390/jcm12051920

Table 5.

Up to 2-year median change in the RHS and HFMSE cross-tabulated by baseline RHS group and age. N: number of participants, M: number of assessments, IQR: inter-quartile range.

Age <5 5–7 8–13 14–18
RHS Baseline Total 6 m 12 m 18 m 24 m 6 m 12 m 18 m 24 m 6 m 12 m 18 m 24 m 6 m 12 m 18 m 24 m
Q1:
0–4
M 17 20 8 9 8 3 1 0 19 19 11 9 8 6 4 1
N 9 10 6 3 3 1 1 0 11 11 6 8 5 5 3 1
RHS Median (IQR) 1 (0, 2) 1 (0.75, 1) 1 (0.75, 3) 1 (1, 2) 0 (−1, 0) 0 (−0.5, 0) 0 (0, 0.5) 0 (−1, 0) 0 (0, 0.5) 0 (−1, 0) 0 (−1, 1) 0 (−0.75, 0) 0 (0, 0)
p-value 0.002 0.001 0.031 1 0.388
HFMSE Median (IQR) 1 (0, 2) 0.5 (0, 3) 1 (0, 3.5) 2 (0, 2) 0 (−0.25, 0.5) 1 (1, 1.5) 0 (0, 0) −1 (−1, 0) 0 (−0.5, 0) 0 (−1, 0) 0 (0, 0) 0 (0, 0) −0.5 (−1, 0)
p-value 0.065 0.092 1 0.012
Q2:
5–9
M 39 25 10 5 15 7 2 3 16 12 8 5 1 2 0 0
N 18 11 6 4 11 5 2 3 10 7 4 2 1 2 0 0
RHS Median (IQR) 0 (0, 2) 2 (0, 5) 5.5 (1.5, 7.75) 8 (7, 9) 0 (−0.5, 1) 2 (0, 2) 1 (0.5, 1.5) 0 (−0.5, 1) 0 (−1, 0.25) −1 (−2, −0.75) −2 (−3.25, −0.5) −2 (−3, −1) 0.5 (−0.25, 1.25)
p-value 0.076 0.004 0.004 0.754 0.549 0.065
HFMSE Median (IQR) 1 (0, 3) 2 (0, 8) 6 (1.5, 10.25) 9 (9, 11) 0 (−1, 0.5) 0 (−1.5, 2) 1 (1, 1) 1 (−0.5, 2) −1 (−2.5, 0) −2.5 (−4, −1) −4.5 (−6, −4) −6 (−8, −4) 0 (−1, 1)
p-value 0.043 0.004 0.002 0.754 0.065 0.012
Q3:
10–18
M 27 18 9 7 14 12 6 5 20 16 12 11 1 1 2 0
N 14 11 8 5 8 10 5 3 11 9 8 7 1 1 2 0
RHS Median (IQR) 0 (−1, 1) 0 (−1, 1.75) 2 (−1, 3) 1 (0.5, 2) 0 (−0.75, 0) 0 (−1, 0.25) −2.5 (−3.75, −0.5) −1 (−3, −1) −1 (−2.25, 1) −2.5 (−5, −0.75) −3 (−4.75, −0.75) −5 (−7, −1.5) −3 (−4.5, −1.5)
p-value 0.824 1 0.508 1 1 0.332 0.035 0.021 0.065
HFMSE Median (IQR) 0 (−1.5, 1) 0.5 (−0.75, 3) 1 (−3, 3) 3 (1, 5) 0 (−2, 1) −1 (−2.5, 0.25) −2 (−3.75, −0.25) −3 (−4, −2) −1.5 (−3, 0.5) −3 (−7.25, −1.75) −4.5 (−9.5, −2.75) −6 (−11.5, −3.5) −1.5 (−4.25, 1.25)
p-value 0.824 0.424 0.727 1 0.227 0.064 0.007 0.012 0.065
Q4:
19–42
M 12 14 8 6 10 12 8 6 30 25 15 9 10 6 1 0
N 7 8 6 4 5 8 4 4 16 16 10 7 4 4 1 0
RHS Median (IQR) 0.5 (−0.25, 2) 4 (0.25, 7.5) 3.5 (−1.25, 6) 7 (6, 9.5) −1.5 (−3.75, 0.75) −2.5 (−5.25, −1.25) −4 (−6, −2) −5.5 (−7, −2.5) −2 (−3.75, −0.25) −4 (−6, −1) −6 (−10.5, −4.5) −9 (−10, −5) 0.5 (−2.5, 1) −1.5 (−3, 3)
p-value 0.508 0.092 0.727 0.146 0.004 0.001 0.001 0.18
HFMSE Median (IQR) 0.5 (0, 1.25) 1.5 (−0.5, 3.75) 3 (−2.25, 6) 4.5 (0, 7.5) 1 (−3, 1.75) −3.5 (−4.25, 1.25) −4 (−5.5, −2.25) −4 (−4.75, −4) −2 (−4, 0) −5 (−9, −1) −9 (−11, −5.5) −6 (−10, −2) −0.5 (−3.5, 0.75) −1 (−2, 0.75)
p-value 0.289 0.18 0.727 0.388 0.019 p < 0.001 0.002 0.07
Q5:
43–69
M 5 3 4 2 19 14 7 8 33 25 17 9 12 4 4 6
N 4 3 4 2 9 9 4 7 12 10 11 9 4 2 2 1
RHS Median (IQR) −1 (−4, 3) 4 (3, 10.5) −1 (−6.5, 4.25) −6 (−10.5, −1.5) 1 (−3, 2.5) 1 (−3.5, 2) 0 (−1, 2) −1.5 (−3.75, 4.5) 0 (−2, 2) 0 (−4, 3) 0 (−3, 2) −5 (−15, 3) −1 (−2, −1) −2.5 (−3.5, −0.25) 0 (−1.75, 2) 0.5 (−0.75, 2.5)
p-value 0.629 0.581 0.727 0.711 1 0.791 1
HFMSE Median (IQR) −1 (−2, −1) 1 (0.5, 5) −1 (−6.75, 4.75) 0 (−4, 4) 1 (−2, 2.5) 2.5 (−1.5, 3.75) 0 (−1, 3.5) 2 (−0.75, 5) 0 (−2, 2) 0 (−2, 3) −1 (−5, 1) −3 (−9, 2) 0 (−2.25, 0.25) −1.5 (−3.5, 1.25) −0.5 (−1.5, 1) −0.5 (−1, 3.75)
p-value 0.238 0.267 0.453 0.851 1 0.454 1