Table 2.

Clinical Characteristics of mobile and wheelchair-bound patients

Parameters	Gait preserved (n = 10)	Wheelchair-bound (n = 15)	p-value
Age [years]	6.2 ± 2.78	17.6 ± 4.27	<0.0001
Time in wheelchair [years]		6.75 ± 3.47
Z-Score BMI	-0.96 ± 0.89	-1.43 ± 1.55	n.s.
PhA [°]	4.8 ± 0.53	4.51 ± 0.59	n.s.
A-T-Score	12.5 ± 6.89	23.5 ± 2.58	<0.01
Dysphagia	0	10
Neuropathya	0	8
AFP [ng/ml]	237.5 ± 154.6	436.4 ± 253.1	<0.05

The data are shown as the means ± SD

^aOnly 18 of 25 patients were investigated for peripheral neuropathy