Table 1 Observation (limb) characteristics.

From: Short-term causal effects of common treatments in ambulatory children and young adults with cerebral palsy: three machine learning estimates

Covariate

Value

Age in years (mean (SD))

9.4 (3.7)

Sex (N male (%))

1453 (58.1)

Follow up years (mean (SD))

1.5 (0.4)

Topographic classification (N (%))

Hemiplegia

202 (8.1)

Diplegia

1634 (65.3)

Triplegia

416 (16.6)

Quadriplegia

250 (10.0)

GMFCS level (N (%))

I

584 (23.3)

II

844 (33.7)

III

552 (22.1)

IV

19 (0.8)

Missing

503 (20.1)

  1. Limb is the fundamental unit of observation, so values are reported per limb.
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