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

Table 5

Correlations between the lateral ventricles 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
The lateral ventricles width versus age
Cerebral palsy	0.078	NS
Control	0.579
The lateral ventricles width versus male sex
Cerebral palsy	0.048	NS
Control	0.078
The lateral ventricles width versus female sex
Cerebral palsy	0.060	NS
Control
The lateral ventricles width versus gestational age
Cerebral palsy	0.067	NS
Control	0.134
The lateral ventricles width versus Apgar score
Cerebral palsy		NS
Control
The lateral ventricles width versus birth weight
Cerebral palsy		NS
Control
The lateral ventricles width versus GMFCS
Cerebral palsy	0.314	0.002
Control
The lateral ventricles width versus siting
Cerebral palsy	0.136	NS
Control	−0.488
The lateral ventricles width versus standing
Cerebral palsy	−0.092	NS
Control	−0.061
The lateral ventricles width versus walking
Cerebral palsy		NS
Control
The lateral ventricles width versus speech development
Cerebral palsy		NS
Control
The lateral ventricles width versus mental retardation
Cerebral palsy	0.205	0.049
Control		NS
The lateral ventricles width versus epilepsy
Cerebral palsy	0.088	NS
Control	0.579

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