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Table 1 Sex and age characteristics within most frequent disability diagnoses of patients attending the Nutrition department of CRIT for the first time

From: Weight-based nutritional diagnosis of Mexican children and adolescents with neuromotor disabilities

Diagnosis (ICD-10 code)

Total cases

Median age

Male

Female

(% of all cases)

in years

(% within group)

(% within group)

n = 410

(min-max)

n = 236

n = 174

Cerebral palsy (G80)

210 (51.2)

7.9 (0.9-17.3)

119 (50.4)

91 (49.6)

 Spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy (G80.0)

132 (32.2)

8.2 (1.1-17.2)

78 (59.1)

54 (40.9)

 Cerebral palsy, unspecified (G80.9)

35 (8.5)

8.3 (0.9-15.8)

17 (48.6)

18 (51.4)

 Other cerebral palsy (mixed) (G80.8)

27 (6.6)

5.7 (3.0-15.7)

17 (63.0)

10 (37.0)

 Ataxic cerebral palsy (G80.4)

9 (2.2)

9.9 (2.8-16.8)

4 (44.4)

5 (55.6)

 Dyskinetic cerebral palsy (G80.3)

7 (1.7)

8.2 (1.6-17.3)

3 (42.9)

4 (57.1)

Spina bifida, unspecified [myelomeningocele] (Q05.9)

66 (16.1)

4.5 (1.2-17.5)

37 (56.0)

29 (44.0)

Muscular dystrophy (G71.0)

24 (5.9)

9.0 (1.9-17.2)

19 (79.2)**

5 (20.8)**

Down’s syndrome, unspecified (Q90.9)

21 (5.1)

4.1 (0.3-12.7)

13 (61.9)

8 (38.1)

Spastic tetraplegia (G82.4)

11 (2.7)

8.3 (2.0-14.4)

7 (63.6)

4 (36.4)

Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (Q74.3)

6 (1.5)

8.0 (5.2-16.1)

4 (66.7)

2 (33.3)

Unspecified mental retardation (F79)

6 (1.5)

7.8 (4.3-10.9)

2 (33.3)

4 (66.7)

Other generalized epilepsy and epileptic syndromes (Lennox-Gastaut syndrome) (G40.4)

5 (1.2)

4.2 (1.1-11.8)

3 (60.0)

2 (40.0)

Disorder of brain, unspecified (G93.9)

5 (1.2)

4.6 (2.1-13.1)

1 (20.0)

4 (80.0)

Hydrocephalus, unspecified (G91.9)

4 (1.0)

2.2 (0.6-7.5)

4 (100.0)

0

Microcephaly (Q02)

4 (1.0)

5.0 (1.8-6.8)

0

4 (100.0)

Total cases

410

 

236

174

  1. Pearson’s Chi squared test was used to compare frequencies of males and females within the each diagnosis. The only significant difference (** p = 0.02) was found in muscular dystrophy.