TableĀ 1

Gender, age and developmental stage of children who were physically abused and those where abuse was excluded (note: denominators vary due to missing data)

Whole study groupPhysical abusePhysical abuse excluded
Mean (SD) age in months20.8 (17.7)21.1 (18.1)20.3 (16.6)
Number (%) of male300/502 (59.8)208/346 (60.1)92/156 (59.0)
Baby (%)137/502 (27.3)107/346 (30.9)30/156 (19.2)
Early mobile (%)75/502 (14.9)40/346 (11.6)35/156 (22.4)
Walking (%)290/502 (57.8)199/346 (57.5)91/156 (58.3)