Table 4.
Prevalence of different SC grades and neuropsychiatric features among patients
| Sydenham’s Chorea in Acute Rheumatic Fever | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Localization | Grading | Total | P value | ||||
| None (0) | Unaware (1) | Aware (2) | Disabled; Able to walk (3) | Disabled; Unable to walk (4) | ||||
| Female | Unilateral | - | 1 (5.5%) | 1 (5.5%) | 2 (11.1%) | - | 4 (22.2%) | 0.01 |
| Bilateral | - | 1 (5.5%) | 4 (22.2%) | 2 (11.1%) | 1 (5.5%) | 8 (44.4%) | ||
| Male | Unilateral | - | 3 (16.7%) | - | - | - | 3 (16.7%) | 0.08 |
| Bilateral | - | - | 3 (16.7%) | - | - | 3 (16.7%) | ||
| 18 (100%) | ||||||||
| Primary neuropsychiatric features | ||||||||
| Sex | Dart sign+Milkmaids sign+Pronator sign+Writing disability+Athetosis+Emotional instability | Milkmaids sign+Writing disability+Athetosis+Emotional instability | Emotional instability | Total | P value | |||
| Female | 8 (44.5%) | 3 (16.7%) | 1 (5.5%) | 12 (66.7%) | 0.06 | |||
| Male | 2 (11.1%) | 3 (16.7%) | 1 (5.5%) | 6 (33.3%) | ||||
| 18 (100%) | ||||||||
| One-year follow-up neuropsychiatric features | ||||||||
| Sex | Normal | Dart sign+Milkmaids sign+Pronator sign+Writing disability+Athetosis+Emotional instability | Milkmaids sign+Writing disability+Athetosis+Emotional instability | Writing disability+Athetosis+Emotional instability | Emotional instability | Total | P value | |
| Female | 6 (33.3%) | 1 (5.5%) | 1 (5.5%) | 1 (5.5%) | 3 (16.7%) | 12 (66.7%) | 0.06 | |
| Male | 4 (22.2%) | - | - | - | 2 (11.1%) | 6 (33.3%) | ||
| 18 (100%) | ||||||||