Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics at presentation of the study cohort.

From: Improving pediatric idiopathic intracranial hypertension care: a retrospective cohort study

 

Follow-up Group Aa

Follow-up Group Bb

p-value

n = 35 (42.7%)

n = 47 (57.3%)

Gender

Boys, n (%)

24 (68.6)

20 (42.6)

0.02

Girls, n (%)

11 (31.4)

27 (57.4)

Age (years)

Mean ± SD (range)

10.19 ± 3.78 (0.11–16.7)

11.31 ± 4.33 (1.2–17.5)

0.22

Pubertal state c

Prepuberal, n (%)

19 (54.3)

20 (42.6)

0.29

Pubertal, n (%)

16 (45.7)

27 (57.4)

Ethnic origin

Jewish, n (%)

27 (77.2)

33 (70.2)

0.48

Arab, n (%)

8 (22.8)

14 (29.8)

Obesityd

n (%)

18 (51.4)

19 (40.4)

0.32

Symptoms

Headache, n (%)

28 (80)

39 (83)

0.73

Visual disturbance, n (%)

17 (48.5)

32 (68.1)

0.07

Nausea/ vomiting, n (%)

8 (22.8)

12 (25.5)

0.78

Tinnitus, n (%)

2 (5.7)

1 (2.1)

0.39

Asymptomatic, n (%)

2 (5.7)

2 (4.2)

0.76

Clinical signs

CN VI palsy, n (%)

6 (17.1)

15 (32)

0.12

Papilledema, n (%)

32 (91.4)

38 (80.8)

0.18

CSF opening pressure, mean ± SD (range), cm of water

39.7 ± 9.2 (28–60)

39 ± 7.9 (28–55)

0.74

  1. SD, standard deviation; CN, cranial nerve; NA not available.
  2. aContinuous follow-up in tertiary center; bFollow-up in community clinics or no follow-up at all; cGirls over the age of 10 years and boys over the age of 11 years; dWeight percentile ≥ 95%, data was not available for 5 children.
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