Volumetric Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Brain and Cerebellum in Children with Cerebral Palsy

Table 6

Correlations between the third-ventricle widths of brain and age, gender, gestational age, Apgar score, birth weight, GMFCS, motor and speech development, mental retardation, and epilepsy in children with cerebral palsy () and controls ().

Variable	value	value
Third-ventricle width versus age
Cerebral palsy	−0.106	NS
Control	0.177
Third-ventricle width versus male sex
Cerebral palsy	0.049
Control	−0.003	NS
Third-ventricle width versus female sex
Cerebral palsy	−0.004
Control	0.003	NS
Third-ventricle width versus gestational age
Cerebral palsy
Control		NS
Third-ventricle width versus Apgar score
Cerebral palsy
Control	0.126	NS
Third-ventricle width versus birth weight
Cerebral palsy
Control		NS
Third-ventricle width versus GMFCS
Cerebral palsy	0.178	0.088
Control
Third-ventricle width versus sitting
Cerebral palsy
Control		NS
Third-ventricle width versus standing
Cerebral palsy
Control		NS
Third-ventricle width versus walking
Cerebral palsy
Control		NS
Third-ventricle width versus speech development
Cerebral palsy		0.0002
Control
Third-ventricle width versus mental retardation
Cerebral palsy	0.221	0.0334
Control	0.177
Third-ventricle width versus epilepsy
Cerebral palsy	0.199	NS
Control

: Spearman rank sum correlation coefficient; NS: not significant; : not tested for controls.