Table 4 Association between identified risk factors according to the time of injury and topographic appearance of cerebral palsy among studied cases
Risk factors | Total N = 1000 | Topographic types of cerebral palsy | p value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spastic diplegic N = 262(%) | Spastic quadriplegic N = 370(%) | Spastic hemiplegic N = 187(%) | Dyskinetic N = 83(%) | hypotonic N = 98(%) | |||
Antenatal | 210 | 73(27.9) | 31(8.3) | 59(31.5) | 8(9.7) | 39(39.8) | < 0.001* |
Natal/post-natal | 307 | 93(35.5) | 106(28.6) | 58(31.1) | 21(25.3) | 29(29.5) | 0.32 |
Post-neonatal | 171 | 31(11.8) | 43(11.6) | 43(22.9) | 29(34.9) | 25(25.5) | < 0.001* |
Unidentified | 312 | 65(24.8) | 190(51.4) | 27(14.5) | 25(30.1) | 5(5.2) | < 0.001* |