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Table 3. Classification of syncope causes, based on the guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology, with respect to the age distribution in our study and related comorbidities^*1.

Type of synkope	No of patients (%)	Age(mean)	Distribution acc. to CCI
			0	1–2	>2
Unexplained syncope	200 (45.4)	67	80	77	43
Neurological syncope	21 (4.8)	66	13	4	4
Cardiac syncope	52 (11.8)	68	24	18	10
Orthostatic syncope	117 (26.6)	59	59	39	19
Vasovagal syncope	46 (10.4)	46	35	7	4
Psychogenic syncope	4 (0.9)	44	4	0	0

^*1Syncope events that could not be clearly classified based on the medical records available to the authors were classified as "unexplained syncope." acc = according; CCI = Charlson Comorbidity Index

Table 3. Classification of syncope causes, based on the guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology, with respect to the age distribution in our study and related comorbidities*1.

Table 3. Classification of syncope causes, based on the guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology, with respect to the age distribution in our study and related comorbidities^*1.