Table 1.

Demographic characteristics between TCM and non-TCM users among children with cerebral palsy from 1995–2011

	TCM user		Non-TCM user
	N = 6997		N = 4221
	N	%	N	%	p-value
Sexa					0.008
Girl	2851	40.8	1827	43.3
Boy	4146	59.3	2394	56.7
Agea, year					<0.0001
0–2	3086	44.1	1444	34.2
3–5	1845	26.4	896	21.2
6–12	1567	22.4	1281	30.4
13–18	499	7.13	600	14.2
Urbanizationa					<0.0001
Urban	4132	59.0	2322	55.0
Rural	2865	41.0	1899	45.0
Annual outpatient clinical visita					<0.0001
< 5	113	1.61	318	7.53
5–9	386	5.52	517	12.3
10–19	1166	16.7	1103	26.1
20+	5332	76.2	2283	54.1
Mean (SD)b	41.5	(28.3)	26.7	(21.2)	<0.0001

^aChi-square test; ^bStudent’s t-test