Table 2.

Group characteristics of children with CP and their typically developing peers

	Children with CP n=90	Typically developing children n=157	p
Sex, n (%)
Male	53 (58.9)	79 (50.3)	0.233 a
Female	37 (41.1)	78 (49.7)
Age, y
Range	0–11	0–12	0.974 b
Median	5	5
Age group, n (%)
0–3y	27 (30)	57 (36.3)	0.332 a
4–12y	63 (70)	100 (63.7)
GMFCS level, n (%)
I	52 (57.8)
II	19 (21.1)
III	5 (5.6)
IV	7 (7.8)
V	7 (7.8)

^a Fisher’s exact test.

^b Mann–Whitney U test. CP, cerebral palsy.