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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Sociodemographic factors associated with the first administration of anti-seizure medication in patients with focal epilepsy in Western China

 

Patients

%

Age

569

100

  < 16Y

97

17

 16-60Y

423

74.4

  ≥ 60Y

49

8.6

Sex

 Male

309

54.3

 Female

260

45.7

Education level

 Primary school

132

23.2

 High school

350

61.5

 Bachelor’s degree and above

87

15.3

Residence

 Urban

286

50.3

 Rural

283

49.7

Household income (Yuan/year)

  < 60,000

238

41.8

  ≥ 60,000

331

58.2

Prescribing doctor

 Neurologist

338

59.4

 Non-neurologist

231

40.6

Hospital level

 Junior

454

79.8

 Middle

53

9.3

 Senior

62

10.9

Etiology

 Metabolic

67

11.8

 Genetic

78

13.7

 Immune

62

10.9

 Structural

154

27.1

 Infectious

45

7.9

 Unknown

163

28.6

Seizure type

 Focal aware seizure

214

37.6

 Focal impaired awareness seizure

355

62.4