| |
Total
|
Followed up
|
Not followed up
|
P-value
|
|---|
|
N (%)
|
N (%)
|
N (%)
|
|---|
|
Total
|
218 (100%)
|
68 (31%)
|
150 (69%)
| |
|
Sex
| |
|
Male
|
148 (68%)
|
50 (73%)
|
98 (65%)
|
0.23
|
|
Female
|
70 (32%)
|
18 (27%)
|
52 (35%)
|
|
Laterality
| |
|
Bilateral
|
119 (54%)
|
35 (51%)
|
84 (56%)
|
0.53
|
|
Unilateral
|
99 (45%)
|
33 (49%)
|
66 (44%)
|
|
Tenotomy**:
| |
|
Yes
|
158 (73%)
|
52 (76%)
|
106 (72%)
|
0.43
|
|
No
|
57 (27%)
|
16 (24%)
|
41 (28%)
|
| |
Total(95% CI)
|
Followed up (95% CI)
|
Not followed up (95% CI)
|
P-value
|
|
Average age at first cast
|
14 months (12–17)
|
17 months (11–23)
|
13 months (11–15)
|
0.16
|
|
Mean initial Pirani score
| |
|
L foot
|
3.8 (3.6–4.0)
|
3.7 (3.4–4.0)
|
3.8 (3.6–4.0)
|
0.21
|
|
R foot
|
3.7 (3.5–3.9)
|
4.0 (3.6–4.3)
|
3.6 (3.3–3.8)
|
0.56
|
|
Average number of casts
|
7.2 (6.6–7.9)
|
6.9 (5.9–8.0)
|
7.4 (6.6–8.2)
|
0.44
|
|
Average months attending since first appointment
|
23 months (20–25)
|
30 months (26–35)
|
19 months (17–22)
|
0.0001
|
- **missing data from 3 children
