Table 3 Distribution of etiology in accordance with cluster seizures
From: Cluster seizures and status epilepticus in new onset seizures among adult Egyptians
Etiology of new onset seizures | Cluster seizures | Chi-square | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | Total | |||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | X2 | P-value | ||
Etiology | Cerebrovascular | 45 | 50.56 | 8 | 25.81 | 53 | 44.17 | 25.520 | < 0.001* |
SOL (brain tumor) | 2 | 2.25 | 9 | 29.03 | 11 | 9.17 | |||
Acute symptomatic seizure* | 11 | 12.36 | 2 | 6.45 | 13 | 10.83 | |||
Idiopathic epilepsy syndrome | 15 | 16.85 | 7 | 22.58 | 22 | 18.33 | |||
Cryptogenic | 4 | 4.49 | 2 | 6.45 | 6 | 5.00 | |||
Encephalitis | 7 | 7.87 | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | 5.83 | |||
Post-traumatic epilepsy | 5 | 5.62 | 3 | 9.68 | 8 | 6.67 | |||