Six in ten children with epilepsy visiting the University of Gondar comprehensive specialized hospital were undernourished: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of children with epilepsy at University of Gondar comprehensive specialized hospital (n = 239)

Variables	Category	Frequency	Percent
Age	≤ 5years 5-10 years 10-15years 15-18 years	55 85 68 37	23.01 35.56 28.45 12.97
Sex	Male Female	151 88	63.18 36.82
Address	Urban Rural	142 97	59.41 40.59
Maternal age	<=30 years 30-45 years 45-60years > 60years	74 148 15 2	30.96 61.92 6.28 0.84
Maternal education	No formal education	118	49.37
Maternal education	Primary and above	121	50.63
Maternal occupation	Employed Housewife Merchant Farmer daily laborer Other	38 121 22 35 19 4	15.90 50.63 9.21 14.64 7.95 1.67
Paternal age	<=30 years 30–45 years 45–60 years > 60 years	22 137 63 17	9.21 57.32 26.36 7.11
Paternal occupation	Employed Merchant Farmer daily laborer Other	64 35 103 28 9	26.78 14.64 43.10 11.72 3.77
Paternal education	No formal education	105	43.93
Paternal education	Primary and above	134	56.07

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