Table 2 Clinical Characteristics of mobile and wheelchair-bound patients

Age [years]

6.2 ± 2.78

17.6 ± 4.27

<0.0001

Time in wheelchair [years]

6.75 ± 3.47

Z-Score BMI

-0.96 ± 0.89

-1.43 ± 1.55

n.s.

PhA [°]

4.8 ± 0.53

4.51 ± 0.59

n.s.

A-T-Score

12.5 ± 6.89

23.5 ± 2.58

<0.01

Dysphagia

0

10

Neuropathy^a

0

8

AFP [ng/ml]

237.5 ± 154.6

436.4 ± 253.1

<0.05