Table 1.
Characteristics of infants diagnosed with cerebral palsy in the DFC.
| PT N = 32 | LPT/T N = 14 | p | |
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| Baseline | |||
| GA at birth in weeks (median, IQR) | 28 (26,29) | 38 (37,40) | <0.001 |
| Birthweight in g (median, IQR) | 930 (729,1404) | 3358 (2741,3642) | <0.001 |
| Cranial imaging | <0.001 | ||
| IVH only, n (%) | 11 (34) | 0 (0) | |
| PVL only, n (%) | 6 (19) | 1 (7) | |
| IVH or/and PVL, n (%) | 22 (69) | 2 (14) | |
| Ischemic findings, n (%) | 1 (3) | 9 (64) | |
| Other, n (%) | 3 (9) | 2 (14) | |
| Normal, n (%) | 6 (19) | 1 (7) | |
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| 6-month visit | |||
| DAYC score, median (IQR) | |||
| Corrected age | 96 (86,99) | 78 (68,82) | <0.001 |
| Chronologic age | 75 (68,82) | 77 (68,82) | 0.78 |
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| 12-month visit | |||
| DAYC score, median (IQR) | |||
| Corrected age | 74 (49,84) | 48 (40,63) | 0.009 |
| Chronologic age | 54 (40,68) | 40 (40,59) | 0.18 |
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| 24-month visit | |||
| Type of CP, n (%) | 0.04 | ||
| Hemiparesis | 4 (12) | 2 (14) | |
| Diparesis | 14 (44) | 1 (7) | |
| Quadriparesis | 14 (44) | 11 (79) | |
| GMFCS score, n (%) | 0.07 | ||
| 1 | 10 (31) | 1 (7) | |
| 2 | 2 (6) | 2 (14) | |
| 3 | 8 (25) | 3 (21) | |
| 4 | 10 (31) | 3 (21) | |
| 5 | 2 (6) | 5 (36) | |
IQR; Interquartile range