Table 1.

Demographics of premature and term AIS patients who underwent PSF from 2012–2016 propensity-score matched for age, sex, and levels fused.

Demographics		Premature	Term	p-Value
Number		432	432
Age (years)		14.1	14.4	0.071
Sex	Male	32.4%	35.6%	0.315
	Female	67.6%	64.4%
Race	White	76.5%	80.1%	0.109
	Black	21.8%	16.9%
	Other	1.7%	3.1%