Table 3.

Biomarker profiles stratified by seizure recurrence

Biomarker	Single Seizure (n = 75)	Recurrent Seizures (n = 27)	Median Difference (95% CI)	P-value
IL-6 (pg/mL)	8.2 [5.1–12.1]	15.6 [10.3–21.4]	7.4 (4.2–10.6)	0.001
D-dimer (mg/L)	0.9 [0.6–1.3]	1.3 [0.7–1.9]	0.4 (0.2–0.6)	0.02
CRP (mg/L)	8.5 [4.2–12.2]	9.3 [5.1–13.4]	0.8 (− 0.5–2.1)	0.15

Differences calculated using the Hodges-Lehmann estimator

IQR Interquartile Range