Table 1.
Patient Demographics and Characteristics
| Variable | All Patients n = 272 |
Hispanic n = 178 (65.4%) |
Non-Hispanic n =94 (34.5%) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age, years (SD) | 12.60 (6.5) | 13.20 (6.6) | 11.6 (6.3) | .06a |
| Age groups, n (%) | NS | |||
| 0–3 years | 27 (9.9) | 16 (8.9) | 11 (11.7) | |
| 4–10 years | 85 (31.2) | 53 (29.77) | 32 (34.04) | |
| 11–24 years | 160 (58.8) | 109 (61.23) | 51 (54.25) | |
| Gender, n (%) | NS | |||
| Female | 135 (49.6) | 88 (49.4) | 47 (50.0) | |
| Male | 137 (50.3) | 90 (50.5) | 47 (50.0) | |
| Neuro. lesion level, n (%) | NS | |||
| Thoracic | 42 (15.4) | 27 (15.1) | 15 (15.9) | |
| Lumbar | 116 (42.6) | 74 (41.5) | 42 (44.6) | |
| Sacral | 38 (13.9) | 27 (15.1) | 11 (11.7) | |
| Other | 14 (5.1) | 8 (4.4) | 6 (6.3) | |
| Missing | 62 (22.7) | 42 (23.5) | 20 (21.2) | |
| Neuro. lesion type, n (%) | NS | |||
| Lipomyelomeningocele | 32 (11.7) | 19 (10.6) | 13 (13.8) | |
| Myelomeningocele | 185 (68.0) | 121 (67.9) | 64 (68.0) | |
| Other | 55 (20.2) | 38 (21.3) | 17 (18.0) | |
| Ambulatory Status, n (%) | NS | |||
| Ambulatory | 77 (28.3) | 52 (29.2) | 25 (26.5) | |
| Assisted device | 91 (33.4) | 56 (31.4) | 35 (37.2) | |
| Wheel chair | 94 (34.5) | 66 (37.0) | 28 (29.7) | |
| Too young to assess | 10 (3.6) | 4 (2.2) | 6 (6.3) | |
| Mean BMI (SD) | 21.96 (7.2) | 22.87 (7.9) | 20.24 (6.6) | .01a |
| Obese, n (%) | 73 (28.5) | 54 (30.3) | 19 (21.5) | .08b |
| Overweight or Obese, n (%) | 113 (43.7) | 81 (48.2) | 31 (35.2) | .046b |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; NS, not significant; SD, standard deviation.
a
T-test p value
b
Pearson χ2 test p value