Table 3 Distribution of etiology in accordance with different age groups
From: Etiological profile of new-onset seizures among adult Egyptians
Age group | Chi-Square | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Young adult | Middle-aged adult | Older adult | Total | ||||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | χ2 | P value | ||
Etiology | Cerebrovascular (CVDs) | 1 | 3.70 | 5 | 23.81 | 47 | 65.28 | 53 | 44.17 | 74.807 | < 0.001* |
SOL (brain tumor) | 0 | 0.00 | 4 | 19.05 | 7 | 9.72 | 11 | 9.17 | |||
Metabolic and other acute symptomatic* | 3 | 11.11 | 0 | 0.00 | 10 | 13.89 | 13 | 10.83 | |||
Idiopathic epilepsy syndrome | 15 | 55.56 | 7 | 33.33 | 0 | 0.00 | 22 | 18.33 | |||
Cryptogenic | 4 | 14.81 | 1 | 4.76 | 1 | 1.39 | 6 | 5.00 | |||
Encephalitis | 1 | 3.70 | 1 | 4.76 | 5 | 6.94 | 7 | 5.83 | |||
Post-traumatic Seizure | 3 | 11.11 | 3 | 14.29 | 2 | 2.78 | 8 | 6.67 | |||