Variables

Frequency

Percentage (%)

Maternal age (years)

>40

30 - 40

20 - 30

<20

4

25

17

3

8.2

51.1

34.6

6.1

Maternal acid supplementation

Before pregnancy

During pregnancy

00

44

00

89.1

Maternanl socio-economic status

Lower class

Middle class

Upper class

35

10

4

71.4

20.4

8.2

Type of encephalocele

Meningocele

Meningo encephalocele

1

2

33.3

66.7

Type of spina bifida

Meningoce

Myeomeningocele

lipomeningocele

8

37

1

17.5

80.3

2.2

Nature of spina bifida

Ruptured

Un ruptured

24

22

52.2

47.8

Site of lesion

Thoraco lumbar

Lumbar

Lumbo sacral

sacral

2

19

22

3

4.3

41.3

47.8

6.6

Size of lesion

Greater than 15 cm

10 - 15 cm

5 - 10 cm

Less than 5 cm

1

15

31

2

2.1

30.5

63.1

4.3

Associated neurological deficit

Urinary and fecal deficit

Lower limb motor an sensory deficit

30

32

61.2

65.3