Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the cases in different types of febrile seizures

	Types of Febrile Seizures						p
	Simple		Complex		Febrile Status
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Gender
Female	109	44.1	34	38.2	4	44.4	0.621
Male	138	55.9	55	61.8	5	55.6
Age
Mean±SD (median)	30.9±15.3 (29)		28.8±15.4 (25)		27.4±16.4 (20)		0.387
Age at first episode of seizure
Mean±SD (median)	21.8±13.0 (18)		19.0±11.7 (15)		20.8±12.3 (13)		0.115
Number of seizures (n)
1	101	40.9	36	40.4	4	44.4	0.424
2	88	35.6	24	27.0	2	22.2
3	35	14.2	16	18.0	1	11.1
>3	23	9.3	13	14.6	2	22.2
Body temperature
Mean±SD (median)	38.7±2.2 (39)		38.9±0.7 (39)		38.7±0.8 (39)		0.637
Time interval between febrile episode, and onset of seizure
<1 hour	17	6.9	17	19.1	7	77.8	<0.001
1-12 hrs	119	48.2	54	60.7	2	22.2
12-24 hrs	104	42.1	18	20.2	0	0.0
>24 hrs	7	2.8	0	0.0	0	0.0
Obstetric history
Unremarkable	217	87.9	71	79.8	8	88.9	0.167
Present	30	12.1	18	20.2	1	11.1
Preterm	24	9.7	13	14.6	1	11.1
Perinatal asphyxia	5	2.0	1	1.1	1	11.1
İntrauterine growth retardation	0	0.0	3	3.4	0	0.0
Operated meningocele	1	0.4	0	0.0	0	0.0
Kinship	22	8.9	7	7.9	1	11.1	0.922
Family history of febrile seizure	120	48.6	49	55.1	6	66.7	0.369
Family history of epilepsy	16	6.5	12	13.5	0	0.0	0.079
Maternal history of smoking	14	5.8	8	9.3	1	11.1	0.484
Duration of breastfeeding
Mean±SD (median)	15.3±8.0 (15)		13.6±8.1 (12)		15.8±8.9 (13)		0.287