Table 5 Comparison between the two studied groups according to the etiology of epilepsy
From: Prevalence and risk factors associated with drug-resistant epilepsy in adult epileptic patients
Etiology | Drug-resistant group (n = 90) | Drug-responsive group (n = 142) | χ2 | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |||
Structural/metabolic | 53 | 58.9 | 62 | 43.7 | 9.068* | 0.011* |
Presumed genetic | 21 | 23.3 | 29 | 20.4 | ||
Unknown | 16 | 17.8 | 51 | 35.9 | ||