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Table 1 Acquired developmental milestones: gross and fine motor

From: Developmental delay in Rett syndrome: data from the natural history study

Skill

Classic (N = 542, 5 without answers)

Atypical better (N = 50)

Atypical poorer (N = 46, 1 without answers)

 

Acquired

Lost

Retained

Acquired

Lost

Retained

Acquired

Lost

Retained

Gross motor

 Rolling

95 (511)

23 (118)

77 (414)

96 (48)

6.3 (3)*

96 (48)

87 (39)

28 (11)

62 (28)*

 Sit with support

97 (520)

12 (62)

88 (473)

100 (50)

2.0 (1)

100 (50)

93 (42)

19 (8)

84 (38)

 Sit alone

80 (427)

16 (70)

69 (369)

94 (47)*

0 (0)

94 (47)

31 (14)

21 (3)

24 (11)

 Crawl

69 (370)

38 (139)

45 (244)

88 (43)*

7.0 (3)

82 (41)

22 (10)

40 (4)

13 (6)

 Pull to stand

62 (331)

34 (112)

43 (231)

92 (46)

4.3 (2)

88 (44)

16 (7)

43 (3)

8.9 (4)

 Walk with help

79 (422)

13 (54)

71 (383)

94 (47) *

4.3 (2)

92 (46)

31 (14)

14 (2)

27 (12)

 Walk alone

53 (284)

14 (41)

47 (253)

78 (39)

13 (5)

70 (35)

6.7 (3)

67 (2)

2.2 (1)

 Climb Steps

20 (106)

26 (27)

15 (81)

62 (31)

23 (7)

52 (26)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Ride tricycle

4 (22)

32 (7)

3.2 (17)

16 (8)*

0 (0)

16 (8) *

2.2 (1)

0 (0)

2.2 (1)

Fine motor

 Hold bottle

85 (455)

49 (223)

46 (248)

98 (49)*

12 (6)

92 (46)

71 (32)

34 (11)

53 (24)

 Reach

97 (523)

49 (255)

58 (314)

100 (50)

10 (5)

94 (47)

91 (41)

27(11)*

76 (34)*

 Transfer

78 (418)

61 (257)

69 (370)

96 (48)

17 (8)

86 (43)

71 (32)

38(12)*

49 (22)*

 Pincer grasp

74 (396)

72 (285)

24 (128)

90 (45)*

36(16)

66 (33)

42 (19)

32 (6)

29 (13)

 Finger feed

91 (489)

56 (276)

45 (242)

96 (48)

10 (5)

90 (45)

64 (29)

28 (8)*

47 (21)

  1. % (N = number): p values for Classic vs. Atypical better and Classic vs. Atypical poorer are indicated for acquired, lost, and retained skills <0.05; *<0.01; <0.001.