Table 1.

Characteristics of patients. Statistical significance was calculated using Mann-Whitney U test.

	All (n = 18)	Male (n = 6)	Female (n = 12)	P-value
median (range)
Age	26.5 (19–37)	26.5 (21–29)	27.0 (19–37)
Level of lesion	n (%)		0.89
Thoracic – L2	3 (16.7)	2 (33.3)	1 (8.3)
L3–4	11 (61.1)	2 (33.3)	9 (75.0)
L5 or lower	4 (22.2)	2 (33.3)	2 (16.7)
VP shunt	17 (94.4)	5 (83.3)	12 (100)	0.62

VP, ventriculo-peritoneal.