Table 1 Characteristics of children under 7 years of age with epilepsy seen between 2010 and 2014 (N = 302)
From: Risk of seizures after immunization in children with epilepsy: a risk interval analysis
Characteristics | Patients with immunization visits (N = 80) | Patients with no immunization visits (N = 67) | Patients with no immunization records (N = 155) | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
Sex | ||||
Male | 37 (46) | 33 (49) | 76 (49) | 0. 93 |
Female | 43 (54) | 34 (51) | 79 (51) | |
Age at epilepsy diagnosis | ||||
mean (SD), in years | 2.1 (1.6) | 4.0 (2.1) | 3.1 (2.1) | < 0.001 |
Place of residence | ||||
Halifax Regional Municipality | 29 (36) | 22 (33) | 63 (41) | 0.34 |
Outside Halifax | 51 (64) | 45 (67) | 92 (59) | |
Epilepsy type | 0.06 | |||
Severe epilepsy | 7 (9) | 5 (7) | 3 (2) | |
Partial epilepsy | 33 (41) | 19 (28) | 62 (40) | |
Unclassified epilepsy | 26 (32) | 21 (31) | 52 (34) | |
Other types | 14 (18) | 22 (33) | 38 (25) | |
Number of seizure events | ||||
mean (SD) | 2.5 (3.2) | 0.7 (1.5) | 0.9 (1.6) | < 0.001 |
Antiepileptic medications | 0.01 | |||
0 | 6 (7) | 9 (13) | 36 (23) | |
1 | 55 (69) | 45 (67) | 99 (64) | |
≥ 2 | 19 (24) | 13 (19) | 2 (13) | |