Table 2.
Correlations between comorbidities and CP type.
| Clinical type of CP | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spastic bilateral diparesis | Spastic bilateral triparesis | Spastic bilateral tetraparesis | Spastic unilateral | Dyskinetic | Ataxic | Total | ||||||||
| Comorbidities | Count | Column N% | Count | Column N% | Count | Column N% | Count | Column N% | Count | Column N% | Count | Column N% | Count | Column N% |
| Ophtalmic disordrs | 60 | 58.3% | 7 | 50.0% | 39 | 57.4% | 43 | 41.3% | 28 | 42.4% | 11 | 45.8% | 188 | 49.6% |
| Speech disorders | 8 | 7.8% | 1 | 7.1% | 4 | 5.9% | 10 | 9.6% | 6 | 9.1% | 4 | 16.7% | 33 | 8.7% |
| Hearing disorders | 3 | 2.9% | 0 | .0% | 3 | 4.4% | 2 | 1.9% | 2 | 3.0% | 0 | .0% | 10 | 2.6% |
| Swallowing disorders | 2 | 1.9% | 0 | .0% | 13 | 19.1% | 1 | 1.0% | 21 | 31.8% | 1 | 4.2% | 38 | 10.0% |
| Microcephaly | 30 | 29.1% | 4 | 28.6% | 32 | 47.1% | 17 | 16.3% | 37 | 56.1% | 4 | 16.7% | 124 | 32.7% |
| Macrocephaly | 0 | .0% | 0 | .0% | 1 | 1.5% | 3 | 2.9% | 1 | 1.5% | 1 | 4.2% | 6 | 1.6% |
| Orthopaedic disorders | 7 | 6.8% | 1 | 7.1% | 6 | 8.8% | 5 | 4.8% | 2 | 3.0% | 1 | 4.2% | 22 | 5.8% |
| Weight defficit | 19 | 18.4% | 1 | 7.1% | 22 | 32.4% | 2 | 1.9% | 20 | 30.3% | 5 | 20.8% | 69 | 18.2% |
| Statural-hypotrophy | 18 | 17.5% | 1 | 7.1% | 18 | 26.5% | 2 | 1.9% | 18 | 27.3% | 2 | 8.3% | 59 | 15.6% |
| Mental disorders | 9 | 8.7% | 0 | .0% | 3 | 4.4% | 14 | 13.5% | 1 | 1.5% | 6 | 25.0% | 33 | 8.7% |
| Dyslexia, et al | 1 | 1.0% | 1 | 7.1% | 0 | .0% | 2 | 1.9% | 0 | .0% | 1 | 4.2% | 5 | 1.3% |
| Obesity | 2 | 1.9% | 0 | .0% | 1 | 1.5% | 7 | 6.7% | 0 | .0% | 1 | 4.2% | 11 | 2.9% |
| Hypperkinesia | 7 | 6.8% | 0 | .0% | 1 | 1.5% | 7 | 6.7% | 0 | .0% | 4 | 16.7% | 19 | 5.0% |
| Absent | 21 | 20.4% | 3 | 21.4% | 6 | 8.8% | 33 | 31.7% | 13 | 19.7% | 5 | 20.8% | 81 | 21.4% |
| Total | 103 | 100.0% | 14 | 100.0% | 68 | 100.0% | 104 | 100.0% | 66 | 100.0% | 24 | 100.0% | 379 | 100.0% |