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Table 4 Gender differences epilepsy etiologies

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

Etiology

Total

Males

Females

p value

Unknown

458

224 (48.9%)

234 (51.1%)

0.52

Idiopathic

203

82 (40.4%)

121 (59.6%)

0.01*

Secondary

339

194 (57.2%)

145 (42.8%)

0.00*

Trauma

51

41 (80.3%)

10 (19.7%)

0.0001*

Infection

45

17 (37.7%)

28 (62.3%)

0.105

Birth injury

28

21 (75%)

7 (25%)

0.027*

Vascular

21

15 (71.4%)

6 (28.6%)

0.119

SOL

16

10 (62.5%)

6 (37.5%)

0.45

TS

9

4 (44.4%)

5 (55.6%)

0.741

Immune disorder

9

0

9 (100%)

0.001*

MS

8

5 (62.5%)

3 (37.5%)

0.725

  1. SOL space occupying lesion, TS tuberous sclerosis, MS mesial sclerosis
  2. *p value < 0.05 is considered statistically significant