Abstract
Epidemiologic evidence documenting risk of chronic diseases as children with cerebral palsy age throughout growth is lacking to inform prevention strategies. The objective was to characterize the 5-year risk of chronic diseases that are typically associated with advanced aging among < 1–13 year olds with cerebral palsy and effects by patient-level factors. This retrospective cohort study used nationwide commercial administrative claims from 01/01/2001–12/31/2018 from children < 1–13 years old with ≥ 5 years of mostly continuous insurance enrollment. The 5-year risk of chronic diseases was examined for the entire cohort with and without cerebral palsy and then by baseline age group (<1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–11, 12–13 years old), including cardiorespiratory, metabolic, kidney, and liver diseases, cancer, depression, and osteoarthritis. For cerebral palsy, the association between 5-year chronic disease rate and patient-level factors was assessed using Cox regression. Children with (n = 5,559) vs without (n = 2.3 million) cerebral palsy had a higher 5-year risk of all chronic diseases when comparing the entire cohorts (relative risk, 1.19 to 64.26, all P < 0.05) and most chronic diseases when comparing cohorts for each age group. Among children with cerebral palsy, there were effects by gender, co-occurring intellectual disabilities and/or epilepsy, and wheelchair use for some chronic diseases, which can help to identify at-risk children. This study provides novel epidemiologic evidence of 5-year risk of “adult-onset” chronic diseases for children with cerebral palsy during important developmental stages, and associated patient-level factors (to enhance clinical detection). Findings may inform when to implement prevention strategies and who may be more at risk.
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