Table 1.
Participant Demographic and Clinical Data at Baseline
| Characteristics | Parameter | WSTP Group (n = 19) | Control Group (n = 20) | P Value* |
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| Age (years) | Mean ± SD | 48.9 ± 18.9 | 43.1 ± 22.1 | 0.240 |
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| Sex (n [%]) | Women | 6 (31.6%) | 6 (30.0%) | 0.915 |
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| Height (cm) | Mean ± SD | 164.5 ± 10.9 | 163.5 ± 11.5 | 0.307 |
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| Weight (kg) | Mean ± SD | 83.7 ± 13.8 | 70.2 ± 17.0 | 0.025 |
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| Rehabilitation center site | CRLB | 9 (47%) | 6 (30%) | NA |
| IRGLM | 9 (47%) | 12 (60%) | ||
| IUGM | 1 (5%) | 2 (10%) | ||
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| Clinical status (n [%]) | Inpatient | 14 (73.7%) | 17 (85.0%) | 0.451 |
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| Diagnosis accounting for wheelchair use | Amputations | 5 (26%) | 4 (20%) | NA |
| MS | 6 (32%) | 2 (10%) | ||
| SCI | 7 (37%) | 12 (60%) | ||
| Other | 1 (5%) | 2 (10%) | ||
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| Time from diagnosis to T1 (years) | Median | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.656 |
| Range | 0.1–10.3 | 0.1–11.7 | ||
*
The Bonferroni-adjusted α level is 0.004.
Abbreviations: CRLB = Centre de réadaptation Lucie-Bruneau, IRGLM = Institut de réadaptation Gingras-Lindsay-de-Montréal, IUGM = Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, MS = multiple sclerosis, NA = not applicable due to insufficient data in each category, SCI = spinal cord injury, SD = standard deviation.
Where the variance (the standard deviation as a percentage of the mean value) was high, we have reported the median value.