Table 3.
Chronic primary diagnoses for the study population.
| Diagnosis | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Motor/mental developmental delay | 34 | 26.2 |
| Diabetes, other metabolic disease | 17 | 13.1 |
| Cardiovascular disease | 10 | 7.7 |
| Cancer | 9 | 6.9 |
| Other chronic neurological disease | 9 | 6.9 |
| Hydrocephalus, MMC, Chiari | 8 | 6.2 |
| Chromosomal abnormalities | 8 | 6.2 |
| Chronic seizure disorder | 7 | 3.4 |
| ADHD, autism | 5 | 3.8 |
| Chronic gastrointestinal disease | 5 | 3.8 |
| Defined syndromes | 5 | 3.8 |
| Chronic orthopedic disease | 5 | 3.1 |
| Bronchopulmonary dysplasia | 3 | 2.3 |
| Asthma | 3 | 2.3 |
| Psychosocial disorders | 3 | 2.3 |
Specific diagnoses were combined to yield MMC, meningomyelocele; Chiari, Chiari malformation; ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.Categories are not mutually exclusive; subjects may be included in more than one category.