Improvement in gross motor function and muscle tone in children with cerebral palsy related to neonatal icterus: an open-label, uncontrolled clinical trial

Table 3 Changes in gross motor function and muscle tone after stem cell transplantation according to patient characteristics

Characteristics	Change in GMFM-88 score Mean [95% CI]		Change in GMFM-66 percentile Mean [95% CI]		Change in Ashworth score Mean [95% CI]
Gender^a
Male	32.4 [25.2; 39.5]	p-value = 0.808	20.2 [16.7; 23.6]	p-value = 0.593	1.0 [0.7; 1.2]	p-value = 0.301
Female	31.1 [26.8;36.9]	p-value = 0.808	18.7 [13.5; 23.9]	p-value = 0.593	0.8 [0.3; 1.2]	p-value = 0.301
Age^b
< 36 months	37.1 [31.9; 42.3]	p-value = 0.368	21.7 [16.2; 27.1]	p-value = 0.776	0	p-value = 0.393
36–72 months	30.9 [22.4; 39.5]		17.9 [13.7; 22.1]		0.8 [0.6; 1.0]
> 72 months	31.9 [25.1; 38.7]		21.0 [17.1; 25.0]		0.9 [0.5; 1.4]
GMFCS^b
Level II	8.9 [6.0; 11.8]	p-value = 0.574	9.6 [1.1; 18.1]	p-value = 0.929	0.8 [0.7; 0.9]	p-value = 0.316
Level III	21.1 [12.6; 29.5]		13.9 [6.9; 20.8]		0.6 [0.04; 1.2]
Level IV	39.5 [31.8; 47.2]		18.6 [15.0; 22.2]		1.0 [0.9; 1.0]
Level V	34.2 [28.9; 39.4]		22.6 [19.5; 25.7]		0.9 [0.6; 1.3]

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