Table 1.

Descriptive statistics for Study participants *.

	Control		GMFCS I		GMFCS II		GMFCS III		GMFCS IV		GMFCS V		Total CP
No. of Patients	73		3		6		6		14		35		64
No. per Gender	M:31	F:42	M:2	F:1	M:2	F:4	M:1	F:5	M:9	F:5	M:24	F:11	M:38	F:26
Mean Age **	14.9 ± 2.55		11.3 ± 0.58		12.7 ± 3.50		13.7 ± 2.80		11.4 ± 4.07		13.1 ± 4.19		12.7 ± 3.90
Mean BMI **	23.4 ± 6.43		15.6 ± 1.89		19.7 ± 4.76		21.3 ± 8.67		17.1 ± 3.57		18.4 ± 335		18.0 ± 4.78
Mean Surgery Duration (hrs) **	7.42 ± 2.19		4.8 ± 1.04		5.40 ± 1.71		5.38 ± 1.73		7.50 ± 3.27		6.67 ± 2.54		6.58 ± 2.61
Patients on CAT	0		1		2		0		7		23		33
Patients not on CAT	0		2		4		6		7		12		31
Hypoxia	0		0		1		3		2		10		16
IVH/Hemorrhage	0		0		0		0		1		1		2
HIE	0		0		0		0		3		6		9
Perinatal Infection	0		0		0		0		1		1		2
Encephalitis	0		0		0		1		0		1		2
Peri/Postnatal Trauma	0		0		0		1		1		2		4
Combination of Above	0		2		2		1		2		4		11
Other or Not Recorded	0		1		3		0		4		10		18
Preterm (GA < 37 weeks) ***	5		3		2		5		12		15		37
Full Term (GA ≥ 37 weeks)	52		0		4		1		2		18		25
GA Not Recorded	16		0		0		0		0		2		2

* Data from the 137 included in the study analysis. ** Significant difference between diagnostic groups for mean age, BMI, and length of surgery (p = 5.0 × 10⁻⁵, 4.3 × 10⁻⁹, and 0.04 respectively, MWU). *** Average preterm GA (weeks): CP = 29.8 ± 4.3, Control = 33.5 ± 4.4. Abbreviations: GMFCS = Gross Motor Function Classification System; BMI = Body Mass Index; CAT = Chronic Anticonvulsant Therapy; IVH = Intraventricular Hemorrhage; HIE = Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy; GA = Gestational Age.