Table 3.

Odds ratios from weighted logistic regression models predicting whether respondent takes medication for epilepsy

	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4	Model 5
Number of seizures in past year
None (reference)
One	3.29***	3.35***	3.54***	3.45***	3.44***
	(1.02)	(1.10)	(1.19)	(1.26)	(1.25)
Two to three	4.41***	5.26***	5.40***	4.91***	4.88***
	(1.75)	(2.13)	(2.17)	(1.92)	(1.92)
Four to ten	4.34***	5.50***	5.50***	5.56***	5.54***
	(1.70)	(2.27)	(2.24)	(2.40)	(2.39)
Eleven or more	3.29***	3.35***	3.54***	3.45***	3.44***
	(1.02)	(1.10)	(1.19)	(1.26)	(1.25)
Saw epilepsy specialist	9.83***	10.72***	10.85***	11.37***	11.29***
	(1.91)	(2.18)	(2.24)	(2.41)	(2.42)
Age		1.02***	1.02***	1.02***	1.02***
		(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)	(0.01)
Female		0.55***	0.56***	0.59**	0.59**
		(0.10)	(0.10)	(0.11)	(0.11)
Race/ethnicity
White (reference)
Black			0.95	0.87	0.85
			(0.25)	(0.23)	(0.23)
Hispanic			0.60	0.56	0.55
			(0.20)	(0.19)	(0.19)
Other			0.74	0.72	0.72
			(0.36)	(0.36)	(0.36)
Foreign-born			1.01	1.04	1.04
			(0.36)	(0.37)	(0.37)
In poverty				0.61*	0.61*
				(0.14)	(0.14)
Educational degree
None (reference)
High school				0.62	0.63
				(0.16)	(0.16)
College				0.87	0.88
				(0.26)	(0.26)
Graduate/professional degree				0.54	0.55
				(0.22)	(0.23)
Insurance type
Private insurance (reference)
Public insurance				1.85*	1.86*
				(0.45)	(0.45)
Other insurance				1.64	1.62
				(0.46)	(0.45)
No insurance				1.27	1.27
				(0.47)	(0.47)
Geographic region
Northeast (reference)
Midwest					0.88
					(0.26)
South					1.02
					(0.28)
West					0.92
					(0.28)

Notes: Standard errors in parentheses

^*p < 0.05

^**p < 0.01

^***p < 0.001.

Notes: Values reflect information pooled from the 2013, 2015, and 2017 surveys.