Table 4 The statistical relationships between variables with the site of the defect
From: Risk and prognostic factors in patients with congenital encephalocele
Variables | Site of the defect | Total | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Occipital | Occipitocervical | Partial | Fronto ethmoidal | Basal | |||
Sex | |||||||
Male | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0.174 |
Female | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | |
Consanguinity | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0.461 |
Family history | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.094 |
Folic acid intake | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0.491 |
Drug history | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.797 |
Hydrocephalus (preoperative and postoperative) | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.001* |
Seizures | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.626 |
Outcome | |||||||
Good | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0.163 |
Delayed development | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | |
Died | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |