TABLE 2.
General characteristics of persons with epilepsy
|
Participants N = 483 |
Total N = 483 |
Children N = 256 |
Adults N = 227 |
P‐value |
Male N = 219 |
Female N = 264 |
P‐value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median age years (IQR) | 17 (9‐27) | 10 (6‐14) | 28 (22‐43) | <.0001 | 18 (9.0‐26.0) | 16 (10.0‐27.5) | .863 |
| Male (N, %) | 219 (45.4) | 114 (43.2) | 150 (56.8) | .065 | — | — | |
| Age onset, median years (IQR) | 3.0 (1.0‐11.5) | 1.6 (0.5‐4.3) | 10.0 (2.3‐25.4) | <.0001 | 3.5 (1.0‐13.0) | 2.6 (0.9‐10.0) | .768 |
| Unmarried adults (N, %) | 133 (27.5) | 133 (100.0) | 70 (52.6) | 63 (47.4) | .241 | ||
| Unschooled (N, %) | 234 (47.6) | 132 (52.4) | 102 (45.3) | .124 | 120 (55.8) | 114 (43.5) | .007 |
| Abnormal EEG (N, %) | 203 (42.0) | 122 (60.1) | 81 (39.9) | .004 | 88 (43.3) | 115 (56.7) | .990 |
| Abnormal MRI (N, %) | 61 (12.6) | 31 (50.8) | 30 (49.2) | .059 | 28 (45.9) | 33 (54.1) | .392 |
| Neurological deficits (N, %) | 94 (19.7%) | 53 (56.4) | 41 (43.6) | .441 | 36 (38.3) | 58 (61.7) | .141 |
| Learning difficulties (N, %) | 141(29.2%) | 78 (55.3) | 63 (44.7) | .481 | 56 (39.7) | 85 (60.3) | .128 |
| Burns (N, %) | 104 (21.8) | 42 (40.4) | 62 (59.6) | .004 | 60 (57.7) | 44 (42.3) | .003 |
| Status epilepticus (N, %) | 165 (34.1) | 103 (62.4) | 62 (37.6) | .002 | 78 (42.3) | 87 (52.7) | .459 |