Table 2 Frequency of reported seizure precipitants by sex and the most common importance ranking.
From: Sex-specific disease modifiers in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
Trigger item | Frequencies | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males | Females | Total | ||||
N (%) | Rank | N (%) | Rank | N (%) | Rank | |
1. Sleep deprivation | 75 (31) | 1 | 147 (36) | 1 | 222 (34) | 1 |
2. Stress | 52 (22)* | 2 | 125 (31)* | 1 | 177 (27) | 1 |
3. Alcohol consumption | 31 (13) | 2 | 60 (15) | 2 | 91 (14) | 2 |
4. Light/visual patterns | 22 (9)* | 1 | 60 (15)* | 1 | 82 (13) | 1 |
5. Menstrual cycle | – | – | 50 (12) | 1 | 50 (8) | 1 |
6. Concentration | 14 (6) | 3 | 22 (5) | 3 | 36 (6) | 3 |
7. Hunger/thirst | 7 (3) | 3 | 9 (2) | 3 | 16 (3) | 3 |
8. Speaking in public | 3 (1) | 4 | 10 (3) | 3 | 13 (2) | 3 |
9. Manipulation (praxis) | 6 (3) | 2 | 7 (2) | 3 | 13 (2) | 4 |
10. Playing gamesa | 9 (4)* | 4 | 3 (1)* | 5 | 12 (2) | 4 |
11. Calculation | 3 (1) | 3 | 3 (1) | 2 | 6 (1) | 3 |
12. Writing | 1 (0) | 4 | 4 (1) | 2 | 5 (1) | 2 |
13. Listening to music | 2 (1) | 3 | 1 (0) | 3 | 3 (1) | 3 |
14. Reading | 1 (0) | 6 | 2 (1) | 6 | 3 (0.5) | 6 |
