Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of all participants

Characteristic	CP cases (n = 652)	Controls (n = 636)
Sex (male:female)	454:198	422:214
Preterm (< 37 weeks)	37	9
< 2500 g	30	2
BIRTH Asphyxia	187	11
TYPE OF CP
Spastic CP	438	–
CP with spastic tetraplegia	238	–
COMPLICATION
CP with PVL	54	–
CP with HIE	91	–
CP with MR	248	–
CP with NE	261	–
MATERNAL FACTORS
PROM	62	24
TPL	50	27
PIH	22	5

CP cerebral palsy, PVL periventricular leukomalacia, HIE hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, MR mental retardation, NE neonatal encephalopathy, PROM premature rupture of membrane, TPL threatened premature labor, PIH pregnancyinduced hypertensio