Table 1.
Characteristics of children with epilepsy and controls.
| Characteristics | Cases (N = 112) |
Controls (N = 113) |
Chi squared | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | (%) | N | (%) | p-Value | |
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 57 | (50.9) | 57 | (50.4) | p = 0.946 |
| Female | 55 | (49.1) | 56 | (49.6) | |
| Age at assessment (years) | |||||
| Less than 12 years | 73 | (65.2) | 75 | (66.4) | p = 0.850 |
| 12 years and over | 39 | (34.8) | 38 | (33.6) | |
| Ethnic group (Chagga) | |||||
| Chagga | 86 | (76.8) | 101 | (89.4) | p = 0.012 |
| Other | 26 | (23.2) | 12 | (10.6) | |
| Religion (Christian) | |||||
| Christian | 91 | (81.3) | 90 | (79.7) | p = 0.762 |
| Muslim and other | 21 | (18.7) | 23 | (20.3) | |
| Parents resident at home | |||||
| Both | 71 | (63.4) | 89 | (78.8) | p = 0.025 |
| One parent | 26 | (23.2) | 18 | (15.9) | |
| None | 14 | (12.5) | 5 | (4.4) | |
| Not known | 1 | (0.9) | 1 | (0.9) | |
| Education of head of house | |||||
| None | 6 | (5.4) | 3 | (2.7) | p = 0.196 |
| Primary | 93 | (83.0) | 90 | (79.6) | |
| Secondary | 11 | (9.8) | 12 | (10.6) | |
| Not known | 2 | (1.8) | 8 | (7.1) | |