Table 4 Distribution of different etiologies in accordance to sex
From: Etiological profile of new-onset seizures among adult Egyptians
Etiology | Sex | Chi-square | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Total | ||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | χ2 | P value | |
Cerebrovascular | 33 | 43.42 | 20 | 45.45 | 53 | 44.17 | 5.596 | 0.470 |
SOL (brain tumor) | 5 | 6.58 | 6 | 13.64 | 11 | 9.17 | ||
Metabolic and other acute symptomatic* | 7 | 9.21 | 6 | 13.64 | 13 | 10.83 | ||
Idiopathic epilepsy syndrome | 14 | 18.42 | 8 | 18.18 | 22 | 18.33 | ||
Cryptogenic | 4 | 5.26 | 2 | 4.55 | 6 | 5.00 | ||
Encephalitis | 6 | 7.89 | 1 | 2.27 | 7 | 5.83 | ||
Post-traumatic epilepsy | 7 | 9.21 | 1 | 2.27 | 8 | 6.67 | ||
Total | 76 | 100.00 | 44 | 100.00 | 120 | 100.00 | ||