Table 1 Descriptive results and clinical characteristics of the studied subjects
From: Predictive factors of epilepsy outcome in a sample of Egyptian pre-elderly and elderly population
Variables | n = 100 | |
|---|---|---|
Male (%) | 56% | |
Age (mean), years | 55.42 ± 6.28 | |
Age of epilepsy onset (mean), years | 35.13 ± 18.16 | |
Positive family history of epilepsy (%) | 26% | |
No medical comorbidities (%) | 62% | |
Hypertension (%) | 28% | |
Diabetes (%) | 12% | |
Ischemic heart disease (%) | 6% | |
Seizure etiology (%) | Unspecified etiology | 39% |
Post stroke epilepsy | 23% | |
Post traumatic epilepsy | 12% | |
Proposed genetic epilepsy | 18% | |
Other etiologies | 8% | |