Table 5.
School career of the microcephalic patients.
| Microcephaly (n = 91) | No microcephaly (n = 621) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | N | p | |||
| Stayed down? | |||||
| Yes | 14 | 15.4 % | 57 | 9.2 % | n.s. |
| No | 77 | 84.6 % | 564 | 90.8 % | |
| Participating in physical education? | |||||
| Yes | 69 | 75.8 % | 550 | 88.6 % | + |
| No | 22 | 24.2 % | 71 | 11.4 % | |
| Absenteeism from school | |||||
| < 1 month | 73 | 82 % | 552 | 94 % | * |
| 1 month−1 year | 16 | 18 % | 33 | 5.6 % | |
| >1 year | 0 | 0 % | 2 | 0.3 % | |
The table informs about school attendance in microcephalic and non-microcephalic patients. The whole cohort comprises 750, but data on the head circumference are missing in 28 patients. Thus, the sum of microcephalic and non- microcephalic patients is 712. * denotes significant difference compared to non-microcephalic p < 0.001, + denotes p < 0.05, n.s. = insignificant data regarding missed school time was missing in n = 2.