Table 1.
Baseline participant characteristics (median and interquartile for continuous variables, count and % for categorical variables).
| Characteristic | Overall (n = 61) |
|---|---|
| Gestational Age (weeks) | 37.0 (27.1, 39.0) |
| Birth Weight (kg) | 2.48 (0.93, 3.41) |
| Birth Length (in) | 18.0 (13.0, 20.0) |
| APGAR 1 | 6.00 (2.00, 8.00) |
| APGAR 5 | 6.00 (5.00, 9.00) |
| Total Hospital Length of Stay (days) | 28.50 (0.00, 134.75) |
| Type of CP | |
| Hypotonic | 10 (16.39%) |
| Hypertonic Spastic | 45 (73.77%) |
| Ataxic | 5 (8.20%) |
| Unspecified | 1 (1.64%) |
| CP distribution | |
| Left hemiplegia | 9 (15.52%) |
| Right hemiplegia | 2 (3.45%) |
| Diplegia | 9 (15.52%) |
| Quadriplegia | 37 (63.79%) |
| Triplegia | 1 (1.72%) |
| Not reported | 3 |
| GMFCS | |
| Level I | 14 (23.33%) |
| Level II | 8 (13.33%) |
| Level III | 5 (8.33%) |
| Level IV | 21 (35.00%) |
| Level V | 12 (20.00%) |
| Age at enrollment (years) | 3.50 (2.58, 4.75) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 37 (60.66%) |
| Female | 24 (39.34%) |
| Race | |
| White | 43 (70.49%) |
| Black or African American | 12 (19.67%) |
| More than One Race | 4 (6.56%) |
| Asian | 2 (3.28%) |
| Hispanic | 1 (1.64%) |