Table 1 Sociodemographic and disease-related characteristics of study participants
Variables | Classification | Number (%) |
|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 8–11 12–14 15–18 | 102 (45.1%) 82 (36.3%) 42 (18.6%) |
Gender | Male Female | 118 (52.2%) 108 (47.8%) |
One-child family | Yes No | 55 (24.3%) 171 (75.7%) |
Place of residence | City Town Rural | 75 (33.2%) 76 (33.6%) 75 (33.2%) |
Average monthly household income (yuan) | < 3, 000 3, 000–5, 000 5, 001–10, 000 > 10, 000 | 58 (25.7%) 82 (36.3%) 49 (21.7%) 27 (16.4%) |
BMI (kg/m2) | < 18.5 18.5–23.9 ≥ 24 | 73 (32.4%) 138 (61.3%) 14 (6.2%) |
Epilepsy duration (year) | < 1 years 1–5 years > 5 years | 45 (20.0%) 112 (49.8%) 68 (30.2%) |
Seizure type | Focal onset Generalized onset Mixed Unknown or unclassified | 115 (50.9%) 68 (30.1%) 19 (8.4%) 24 (10.6%) |
Seizure frequency in recent 3 months | 0 1–3 4–12 > 12 | 83 (36.7%) 100 (44.2%) 28 (12.4%) 15 (6.6%) |
Drug-resistant epilepsy | Yes No | 38 (16.8%) 188 (83.2%) |
Comorbidity | Yes No | 122 (54.0%) 104 (46.0%) |