TABLE 4.
Means and Standard Deviations (SD) of HRQL Scores for CLO, CLP, and SCLP by Age for Respondents with HRQL Values Below 0.9, 0.95, and 0.99
|
HRQL < 0.9 |
HRQL < 0.95 |
HRQL < 0.99 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clefting/Age Group | N* | Mean (SD) | N* | Mean (SD) | N* | Mean (SD) |
| CLO† | ||||||
| Infants | 56 | 0.80 (0.09) | 92 | 0.85 (0.09) | 121 | 0.87 (0.09) |
| Children | 26 | 0.82 (0.08) | 64 | 0.88 (0.07) | 106 | 0.91 (0.07) |
| Adolescents | 24 | 0.80 (0.08) | 61 | 0.87 (0.08) | 102 | 0.91 (0.08) |
| Adults | 12 | 0.79 (0.09) | 34 | 0.87 (0.08) | 87 | 0.93 (0.07) |
| CLP | ||||||
| Infants | 108 | 0.75 (0.12) | 123 | 0.77 (0.12) | 127 | 0.7 (0.13) |
| Children | 86 | 0.75 (0.11) | 113 | 0.79 (0.12) | 128 | 0.81 (0.13) |
| Adolescents | 79 | 0.77 (0.10) | 99 | 0.80 (0.11) | 120 | 0.83 (0.12) |
| Adults | 55 | 0.81 (0.09) | 81 | 0.84 (0.09) | 108 | 0.87 (0.10) |
| SCLP | ||||||
| Infants | 124 | 0.63 (0.16) | 129 | 0.64 (0.16) | 129 | 0.64 (0.16) |
| Children | 118 | 0.66 (0.15) | 124 | 0.67 (0.15) | 128 | 0.68 (0.16) |
| Adolescents | 110 | 0.66 (0.14) | 123 | 0.68 (0.15) | 129 | 0.70 (0.16) |
| Adults | 101 | 0.70 (0.15) | 111 | 0.71 (0.16) | 120 | 0.73 (0.16) |
*
Relates to the total number of respondents who reported HRQL values below the selected cutoff value for a particular clefting/age group.
†
CLO = isolated cleft lip only, CLP = isolated cleft lip and palate, SCLP = nonlethal form of syndromic clefting.