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Table 3 One-year-period and lifetime prevalence of fracture in subjects by sex, age, and cerebral palsy status

From: Bone fracture in physically disabled children attending schools for handicapped children in Japan

 

One-year-period prevalencea

Lifetime prevalenceb

Male

Female

Total

Male

Female

Total

Age (years)c

 6–9

0/99 (0)

2/85 (2.4)

2/184 (1.1)

3/99 (3.0)

6/85 (7.1)

9/184 (4.9)

 10–12

3/92 (3.3)

2/79 (2.5)

5/171 (2.9)

10/92 (10.9)

6/79 (7.6)

16/171 (9.4)

 13–15

4/83 (4.8)

8/81 (9.9)

12/164 (7.3)

11/83 (13.3)

15/81 (18.5)

26/164 (15.9)

 Total

7/277 (2.5)

12/248 (4.8)

19/525 (3.6)

24/274 (8.8)

27/245 (11.0)

51/525 (9.7)

   

P for trend = 0.0031

  

P for trend = 0.0026

Cerebral palsy

 Present

5/189 (2.7)

6/159 (3.8)

11/348 (3.2)

15/189 (7.9)

17/159 (10.7)

32/348 (9.2)

 Absent

2/88 (2.3)

6/89 (6.7)

8/177 (4.5)

9/88 (10.2)

10/89 (11.2)

19/177 (10.7)

   

P = 0.4306

  

P = 0.5735

  1. Five fractures caused by high-energy accidents, such as traffic accidents and falls from a place higher than a bed, were excluded. Percentage values are given in parenthesis
  2. aProportion of subjects with an incident fracture in the previous year
  3. bProportion of subjects with a history of fracture
  4. cData are missing for 6 subjects