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Table 1 Distribution of CP-subtype according to SCPE, GMFCS level and sex in the two study populations

From: Prevalence of hip dislocation among children with cerebral palsy in regions with and without a surveillance programme: a cross sectional study in Sweden and Norway

  

Norway

 

Sweden

  
  

n

(%)

n

(%)

 
  

119

(100%)

136

(100%)

p-value

CP -subtype

     

0.002

 

Unclassified

4

(3.4)

11

(8.1)

 
 

Unilateral

2

(1.7)

2

(1.5)

 
 

Bilateral

86

(72.3)

65

(47.8)

 
 

Dyskinetic

24

(20.2)

48

(35.3)

 
 

Ataxic

3

(2.5)

10

7.4

 

GMFCS

     

0.74

 

Level III

28

(23.5)

36

(26.5)

 
 

Level IV

54

(45.4)

55

(40.4)

 
 

Level V

37

(31.1)

45

(33.1)

 

Sex

     

0.42

 

Boys

73

(61.3)

74

(54.4)

 
 

Girls

46

(38.7)

62

(45.6)

 
  1. GMFCS, Gross Motor Function Classification System.
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