Table 1 Characteristics all enrolled epileptic children and their families

Child’s age, month, mean (SD)

47.13(42.18)

51.88(45.05)

1.171

0.242

Age of onset, month, mean (SD)

42.17(39.99)

46.85(42.47)

1.22

0.223

Child’s gender (%)

Male

112(0.49)

105(0.45)

0.484

0.487

Female

119(0.52)

127(0.55)

Parent’s age, year, mean (SD)

31.90(6.52)

31.51(6.33)

-0.656

0.512

Primary care giver’s gender (%)

Male

119(0.52)

132(0.57)

1.35

0.245

Female

112(0.49)

100(0.43)

Parental employment (%)

Employed

154(0.67)

167(0.72)

1.538

0.215

Unemployed

77(0.33)

65(0.28)

Parental education (%)

Below a Bachelor’s degree

201(0.87)

192(0.83)

1.633

0.201

Bachelor’s degree and higher

30(0.13)

40(0.17)

Time since diagnosis

 ≤ 3 months

173(0.75)

171(0.74)

1.525

0.822

 > 3–6 months

18(0.08)

24(0.1)

0.822

0.5–1 year

11(0.05)

12(0.05)

0.822

1–2 years

15(0.07)

11(0.05)

0.822

 > 2 years

14(0.06)

14(0.06)

0.822

Duration of medication (%)

None

46(0.2)

43(0.19)

1.733

0.785

 ≤ 3 months

107(0.46)

112(0.48)

 > 3–6 months

41(0.18)

48(0.21)

0.5–1 year

23(0.1)

18(0.08)

1–2 years

14(0.06)

11(0.05)

Seizure frequency in the last 3 months

3.55(1.65)

3.49(1.51)

-0.427

0.669

Seizure duration

 < 30 s

21(0.09)

18(0.08)

0.415

0.937

31–59 s

86(0.37)

85(0.37)

1–3 min

80(0.35)

81(0.35)

3–5 min

44(0.19)

48(0.21)

Frequency of hospitalization in the past month (%)

3 times or less

210(0.91)

217(0.94)

1.113

0.292

More than 3 times

21(0.09)

15(0.07)

0.292

Payment (%)

Self-financed

36(0.16)

27(0.12)

1.534

0.216

By health insurance

195 (0.84)

205(0.88)

Annual income, CNY (%)

Less than 3000

38(0.17)

26(0.11)

2.952

0.229

3000 to 5000

96(0.42)

97(0.42)

More than 5000

97(0.42)

109(0.47)