Table 4.
Relevance analysis between TNF-α levels and motor functions in spastic cerebral palsy.
| Parameters | n | r | P |
|---|---|---|---|
| GMFS | |||
| All CP | 54 | 0.269 | 0.051 |
| Spastic triplegia or quadriplegia | 32 (59.3%) | 0.525 | 0.038 |
| Spastic diplegia | 16 (29.6%) | 0.521 | 0.001 |
| Spastic monoplegia | 5 (9.2%) | – | – |
| Spastic hemiplegia | 1 (1.9%) | – | – |
| Improvement of ADL | |||
| All subjects | 54 | −0.593 | <0.001 |
| Spastic triplegia or quadriplegia | 32 (59.3%) | −0.839 | <0.001 |
| Spastic diplegia | 16 (29.6%) | −0.796 | <0.001 |
| Spastic monoplegia | 5 (9.2%) | – | – |
| Spastic hemiplegia | 1 (1.9%) | – | – |
‘–’ – number of cases in these categories was too small to carry out analysis. CP – cerebral palsy; ADL – activities of daily living; GMFCS – gross motor function classification system.