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Table 1 Demographic data

From: Sex differences among epileptic patients: a comparison of epilepsy and its impacts on demographic features, clinical characteristics, and management patterns in a tertiary care hospital in Egypt

Item

Total

Male

Female

p value

Age at presentation

26 ± 12.41

26.61 ± 12.750

26.20 ± 12.064

0.589

Age of fist seizure

18.17 ± 12.414

18.56 ± 13.218

17.78 ± 11.544

0.101

Age of seizure onset

 < 1 year

535 (54.9%)

262 (53.5%)

273 (56.4%)

0.630

 18–60 years

432 (44.4%)

224 (45.7%)

208 (43.0%)

 > 60 years

7 (0.7%)

4 (0.8%)

3 (0.6%)

Patient characteristics

 Family history

229 (22.9%)

114 (49.7%)

115 (50.2%)

0.76

 Consanguinity

202 (20.2%)

96 (47.5%)

106 (52.4%)

0.2

Residency

 Lower Egypt

606 (97.3%)

300 (49.5%)

306 (50.4%)

0.51

 Upper Egypt

44 (6.7%)

24 (54.5%)

20 (45.4%)

Illiterate

186 of 637 (29.2%)

90 of 339 (26.5%)

96 of 298 (32.2%)

0.069

Married/previously married

452 (71.9%)

209 (46.2%)

243 (53.7%)

0.002*

Unmarried

176 (28.0%)

110 (62.5%)

66 (37.5%)

Employed

243 (31.4%)

229 (94.2%)

14 (5.8%)

0.00*

Un Employed

531 (68.6%)

187 (35.2%)

344 (64.7%)

Occupation risk

69 of 243 (28.3%)

69 (28.3%)

0

0.00*

Drug abuse

138 (13.7%)

134 (13.4%)

4 (0.04%)

0.00*

Tramadol

105 (76.08%)

101 (96.2%)

4 (3.8%)

Cannabis

26 (18.8%)

26 (100%)

0

Alcohol

2 (1.4%)

2 (100%)

0

Clonazepam

5 (3.6%)

5 (100%)

0

Comorbidities

720

358 (49.7%)

362 (50.2%)

0.83

  1. *p value < 0.05 is considered statistically significant