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Table 4 Clinical predictors of outcome in the studied subjects

From: Predictive factors of epilepsy outcome in a sample of Egyptian pre-elderly and elderly population

Variables

Good outcome

Poor outcome

P value

Male (%)

55.84%

56.52%

0.954

Age (mean), years

55.31 ± 6.38

54.83 ± 6.24

0.748

Age of epilepsy onset (mean), years

34.13 ± 18.14

38.48 ± 18.21

0.316

Positive family history of epilepsy (%)

27.3%

21.7%

0.595

Absence of medical comorbidities (%)

70.13%

34.78%

0.037*

Hypertension (%)

24.68%

39.13%

0.175

Diabetes (%)

10.39%

17.39

0.365

Ischemic heart disease (%)

5.19%

8.70%

0.535

Seizure etiology (%)

Unspecific etiology

44.16%

21.74%

0.007*

Post stroke epilepsy

15.58%

47.83%

Post traumatic epilepsy

12.99%

8.70%

Proposed genetic epilepsy

20.78%

8.70%