Esthetic, Functional, and Everyday Life Assessment of Individuals with Cleft Lip and/or Palate

Table 1

Overview of the patient sample characteristics regarding cleft type, age, sex, and treatment status distribution. Information for the available patient/parent pairs is shown in parentheses, since 3 patients do not have paired data with their parents.

Type of cleft		Sex	Age		Treatment status
			Median	Range	Complete	Incomplete
CP	7 (5)	4 M, 3 F (3 M, 2 F)	15.1 (14.8)	9.0–33.1	4 (2)	3
UCLP	20 (19)	15 M, 5 F (15 M, 4 F)	16.7 (16.4)	9.3–30.2	12 (11)	8
BCLP	6	3 M, 3 F	18.2	13.0–22.5	1	5
Total	33 (30)	22 M, 11 F (21 M, 9 F)	17.1	9.0–33.1	17 (14)	16

Age did not differ significantly between the three groups (Kruskal-Wallis test).
Treatment status refers to the entire treatment including revision surgery or speech therapy.
The status of treatment of the subjects was similar in CP and UCLP groups but not in BCLP group. The status of treatment of the UCLP + BCLP group was similar to that of the CP group (chi-square test).