Table 3

Birthweight specific cerebral palsy (CP) prevalence in twin infant survivors of a co-twin fetal or infant death

Birthweight groupNo of infant survivorsNo of responders (response rate)No with CPCP prevalence/1000
Values in parentheses are percentages. Like-sex compared with unlike-sex Mantel-Haenszel weighted relative risk 2.55 (95% CI 1.23 to 5.27); p=0.01.
Like sex
    Not stated178 (47)0
    <1000 g8971 (80)15211.2
    1000–1499 g134100 (75)21210.0
    1500–1999 g8651 (51)7137.3
    2000–2499 g10081 (65)449.4
    ≥2500 g13084 (65)111.9
    All birth weights556395 (71)48121.5
Unlike sex
    Not stated105 (50)0
    <1000 g4635 (76)6171.4
    1000–1499 g4136 (88)127.8
    1500–1999 g2821 (75)147.6
    2000–2499 g4726 (55)0
    ≥2500 g7154 (76)0
    All birth weights243177 (73)845.2