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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Mar 4.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Epidemiol. 2007;61(3):268–276. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.05.002

Table 1.

Subgroup frequencies for the child and teen chronic samples

Subgroup Child Teen
Asthma 149 0
Cancer-Brain Tumor 102 94
Cerebral Palsy (CP)* 29 23
 Hemiplegic 10 9
 Diplegic 15 6
 Quadriplegic 2 5
Congenital Heart Disease 96 103
 Stage I 15 15
 Stage II 35 25
 Stage III 21 31
 Stage IV 25 32
Diabetes* 64 205
 Type I 57 125
 Type II 7 79
Gastrointestinal (GI)* 116 107
 Functional GI disorder 22 24
 Organic GI disorder 6 8
 Overweight 10 12
 Obese 44 39
 Other GI condition 32 24
Renal Disease 25 56
 End-Stage Renal Disease 21 47
 Acute Renal Failure 4 9
Rheumatic diseases* 114 171
 Dermatomyositis 10 5
 Fibromyalgia 17 39
 Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis 28 27
 Spondyloarthropathy 15 22
 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 6 21
 Other rheumatic disease 36 56
Other Chronic Condition 320 213
Total 1015 972
*

Missing values for chronic disease subgroups are as follows: CP (2 child, 3 teen), GI (2 child), Rheumatic diseases (1 teen), Diabetes (1 teen).