Gender differences in treatments and interventions received by children and adolescents with cerebral palsy

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Table 4 Exponentiated coefficients; 95% confidence intervals in brackets of the occupational therapy related treatment modalities

Outcome variables (yes/no)
Independent variables (reference group)	Orthoses in the upper extremities	BTX- A in upper extremities	Occupational therapy interventions
Place of birth (outside of the Nordic countries)	0.86	0.74	0.79
Place of birth (outside of the Nordic countries)	[0.62,1.20]	[0.46,1.17]	[0.59,1.04]
Gender (Female)	1.11	0.90	0.85
Gender (Female)	[0.90,1.37]	[0.68,1.20]	[0.71,1.01]
place of birth X gender	0.97	1.18	1.36
place of birth X gender	[0.59,1.61]	[0.59,2.39]	[0.89,2.08]
Age	1.04^***	1.02	0.94^***
Age	[1.02,1.06]	[0.99,1.05]	[0.92,0.96]
Manual Ability Classification System (MACS I)
II	9.36^***	11.92^***	2.92^***
II	[6.10,14.38]	[6.09,23.34]	[2.32,3.68]
III	18.41^***	23.86^***	4.29^***
III	[11.44,29.65]	[11.70,48.63]	[3.23,5.70]
IV	31.10^***	25.52^***	4.073^***
IV	[18.10,53.42]	[11.57,56.31]	[2.86,5.80]
V	38.95^***	25.00^***	5.591^***
V	[21.44,70.78]	[10.53,59.36]	[3.63,8.62]
Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS I)
II	0.50^***	0.56^**	0.90
II	[0.36,0.69]	[0.37,0.86]	[0.70,1.15]
III	0.19^***	0.16^***	1.10
III	[0.12,0.31]	[0.079,0.34]	[0.82,1.48]
IV	0.35^***	0.54^*	1.41^*
IV	[0.24,0.52]	[0.33,0.87]	[1.03,1.93]
V	0.53^**	0.60	1.35
V	[0.33,0.86]	[0.32,1.11]	[0.89,2.05]
Observations	3397	3397	3095

Relationship, presented as odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals in brackets, of the occupational therapist reported outcome variables and gender, adjusted for place of birth, age, Manual Ability Classification System (MACS) and Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS). BTX-A- Botulinum toxin- A. ^* p < 0.05, ^** p < 0.01, ^*** p < 0.001

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