Table 2 Sex differences in functional levels and comorbidities in children with ataxic CP compared with those in other subtypes

Total

149 (49.3)

153 (50.7)

302 (100.0)

4280 (58.3)

3056 (41.7)

7336 (100.0)

p

p

GMFCS

I

47 (31.5)

73 (47.7)

0.031

2091 (48.9)

1445 (47.3)

0.206

II

68 (45.6)

46 (30.1)

607 (14.2)

491 (16.1)

III

18 (12.1)

16 (10.5)

324 (7.6)

216 (7.1)

IV

14 (9.4)

14 (9.2)

541 (12.6)

383 (12.5)

V

2 (1.3)

4 (2.6)

716 (16.7)

521 (17.0)

Total

149 (100.0)

153 (100.0)

4280 (100.0)

3056 (100.0)

MACS

I

29 (21.2)

43 (25.9)

0.481

1430 (35.2)

1059 (36.6)

0.583

II

61 (44.5)

54 (41.4)

1010 (24.8)

718 (24.8)

III

29 (21.2)

25 (19.4)

557 (13.7)

368 (12.7)

IV

13 (9.5)

13 (9.4)

425 (10.5)

285 (9.8)

V

5 (3.6)

6 (4.0)

644 (15.8)

465 (16.1)

Total

137 (100.0)

141 (100.0)

4066 (100.0)

2895 (100.0)

CFCS

I

29 (26.1)

41 (35.3)

0.203

1540 (50.9)

1072 (50.6)

0.168

II

28 (25.2)

28 (24.1)

302 (10.0)

238 (11.2)

III

22 (19.8)

11 (9.5)

304 (10.0)

224 (10.6)

IV

22 (19.8)

26 (22.4)

430 (14.2)

257 (12.1)

V

10 (9.0)

10 (8.6)

451 (14.9)

326 (15.4)

Total

111 (100.0)

116 (100.0)

3027 (100.0)

2117 (100.0)

Comorbidities

Epilepsy

Yes

31 (37.3)

34 (38.6)

0.862

726 (35.3)

540 (38.1)

0.083

No

52 (62.7)

54 (61.4)

1333 (64.7)

876 (61.9)

Total

83 (100.0)

88 (100.0)

2059 (100.0)

1416 (100.0)

Intellectual disability

Yes

30 (49.2)

32 (53.3)

0.648

583 (37.8)

425 (39.3)

0.420

No

31 (62.2)

28 (46.7)

961 (62.2)

656 (60.7)

Total

61 (100.0)

60 (100.0)

1544 (100.0)

1081 (100.0)

Pain

Yes

55 (37.9)

55 (36.4)

0.789

1571 (38.5)

1243 (42.4)

< 0.001

No

90 (62.1)

96 (63.6)

2511 (61.5)

1687 (57.6)

Total

145 (100.0)

151 (100.0)

4082 (100.0)

2930 (100.0)