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Table 1 Demographic characteristics between TCM and non-TCM users among children with cerebral palsy from 1995–2011

From: Complementary traditional Chinese medicine use in Children with cerebral palsy: a nationwide retrospective cohort study in Taiwan

 

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

  1. aChi-square test; bStudent’s t-test