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Published in final edited form as: Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011 Jan;165(1):61–67. doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.250

Table 1.

Characteristics of the 264 Patients with Peripheral Facial Palsy

Characteristic	Lyme disease absent (n=170)	Lyme disease present (n=94)	P value
	N (%)	N (%)
Male gender	75 (44%)	65 (69%)	<0.0001
Mean age (years) (median/IQ range)	10.9 (12,7–15)	9.8 (9.5,7–13)	0.08
Lyme season (present June–November)	87 (51%)	91 (97%)	<0.0001
Trauma to face/head	12 (7.1)	1 (1.1)	0.036
Otitis media	11 (6.5)	2 (2.1)	0.15
Fever	14 (8.2)	30 (32)	<0.0001
Headache	28 (16)	48 (51)	<0.0001
Systemic symptoms/myalgias	12 (7.1)	19 (20)	0.0024
Neck pain	1 (0.6)	2 (2.1)	0.29
Arthritis	1 (0.6)	5(5.3)	0.023
Prior three year mean Lyme incidence (median, IQ range)in county of residence	11 (3.9, 2.9–17) (per 100,000)	19 (20, 13–24) (per 100,000)	<0.0001