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. 2022 May 17;134:108744. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2022.108744

Table 2.

Characteristics of patients who exhibited vaccine-related side effects.

Variable Side effect (N = 20) Test of significance P value
Age T = −2.05 0.045
Mean ± SD 14.55 ± 1.50
Median (min ∼ max) 15 (12–17)



Gender X2 = 1.594 0.207
Male 12 (60%)
Female 8 (40%)



Children education X2 = 10.743 0.010
junior high school 10 (50%)
senior high school 9 (45%)
undergraduate 1 (5%)



The form of seizure X2 = 0.703 0.945
Generalized seizures 3 (15%)
Focal seizures 3 (15%)
Generalized-focal seizures 12 (60%)
Unknown 2 (10%)



The time child was diagnosed with epilepsy (Months) T = 0.900 0.371
Mean ± SD 79.8 ± 34.882
Median (min ∼ max) (Months) 90 (0–132)



The vaccine type X2 = 27.156 <0.001
Sinopharm (Beijing): BBIBP-CorV (Vero Cells) two doses 15 (75%)
CanSino: Ad5-nCoV two doses 5 (25%)



Seizure frequency X2 = 13.274 0.004
None 4 (20%)
low frequency 15 (75%)
high frequency 1 (5%)