Table 1:

Demographics of infants with PWMI with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy, infants with PWMI without cerebral palsy, and controlsa

Infants with PWMI with SCP (n = 20)Infants with PWMI without CP (n = 19)Controls (n = 33)P Values
PWMI with SCP vs PWMI without CPPWMI with SCP vs ControlPWMI without CP vs Control
Sex (female/male)8:126:1311:22.58.62.90
Gestational age (wk)37.38 ± 1.90 (34.57–41.29)38.07 ± 2.45 (34.00–41.43)39.16 ± 1.14 (37.00–41.00).23<.01.04
Age at MRI (mo)11.74 ± 2.13 (8.00–17.66)11.56 ± 2.99 (6.40–16.76)11.06 ± 2.38 (6.10–17.33).83.34.49
Birth weight (kg)2.95 ± 0.47 (2.20–3.70)3.06 ± 0.60 (1.80–3.85)3.38 ± 0.50 (2.50–4.38).50.01.04
  • a Data in columns 2–4 are mean and standard deviation (range).