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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 11.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Neurol. 2018 Dec 20;96:30–36. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2018.12.002

TABLE 5.

Associations Between History of Symptoms/Comorbidities at the Time of Data Collection and Family History of Port-Wine Birthmarks or Other Vascular Birthmarks

Symptom in Participant Present in Family History
Vascular Birthmarks N (%)
Port-Wine Birthmarks N (%)
Yes No P Yes No P
Epilepsy 35/43 (81.4%) 181/216 (83.8%) 0.70 34/40 (85.0%) 189/229 (82.5%) 0.70
Headaches 12/23 (52.2%) 88/162 (54.3%) 0.85 17/33 (51.5%) 91/162 (56.2%) 0.62
Strokelike episode 17/41 (41.5%) 84/211 (39.8%) 0.84 12/38 (31.6%) 91/224 (40.6%) 0.29
Symptomatic stroke 11/39 (28.2%) 16/198 (8.1%) <0.001 5/39 (12.8%) 23/208 (11.1%) 0.75
Hemiparesis 21/42 (50.0%) 86/207 (41.5%) 0.31 17/39 (43.6%) 96/219 (43.8%) 0.98
Visual field deficit 20/40 (50.0%) 89/183 (48.6%) 0.88 16/34 (47.1%) 97/196 (49.5%) 0.79
Intellectual disability 10/35 (28.6%) 29/198 (14.6%) 0.042 6/35 (17.1%) 34/207 (16.4%) 0.92
Learning disorder 16/34 (47.1%) 91/184 (49.5%) 0.80 19/33 (57.6%) 94/193 (48.7%) 0.35
ADHD/ADD 4/43 (9.3%) 32/219 (14.6%) 0.35 6/41 (14.6%) 32/231 (13.9%) 0.89
Autism spectrum disorder 1/35 (2.9%) 7/185 (3.8%) 0.79 0/36 (0%) 8/193 (4.1%) 0.36
Behavioral disorder 4/34 (11.8%) 25/191 (13.1%) 0.83 1/33 (3.0%) 28/200 (14.0%) 0.90
Mood disorder 2/27 (7.4%) 17/180 (9.4%) 0.73 4/32 (12.5%) 16/183 (8.7%) 0.51
Strabismus 5/41 (12.2%) 15/206 (7.3%) 0.29 5/36 (13.9%) 16/218 (7.3%) 0.19
Amblyopia 11/41 (26.8%) 31/203 (15.3%) 0.074 6/34 (17.6%) 40/216 (18.5%) 0.90
Immune problem 2/41 (4.9%) 8/204 (3.9%) 0.77 2/40 (5.0%) 10/215 (4.7%) 1.00
Growth hormone problems 3/43 (7.0%) 9/219 (4.1%) 0.41 6/41 (14.6%) 6/231 (2.6%) 0.001
Puberty problems 1/43 (2.3%) 4/219 (1.8%) 0.82 0/41 (0%) 5/231 (2.2%) 1.00
Thyroid disorder 1/43 (2.3%) 19/219 (8.7%) 0.15 2/41 (4.9%) 18/231 (7.8%) 0.75

Abbreviations:

ADHD/ADD = attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and/or attention deficit disorder

SWS = Sturge-Weber syndrome

Bold values indicates the significance of P < 0.01.