Table 1 Demographics of the entire cohort.

From: Prediction of longitudinal outcomes and novel cluster identification in epilepsy

 

Number (%) ± standard deviation

SF (N = 1709)

NSF (N = 877)

Sex (female: male)

1191:1395

  

(46.1%: 53.9%)

757:952

  

(44.3%: 55.7%)

434:443 (49.5%: 50.5%)

  

Onset age

29.6 ± 19.6

32.4 ± 20.5

23.0 ± 16.1

Epilepsy duration (years)

6.8 ± 9.6

5.7 ± 8.9

9.0 ± 10.6

Number of seizures before ASM initiation

12.3 ± 86.3

10.1 ± 49.8

18.1 ± 141.7

Seizure types

 Focal

2068 (80.0%)

1314 (76.9%)

754 (86.0%)

 Generalized

472 (18.3%)

355 (20.8%)

117 (13.3%)

 Unknown

46 (1.8%)

40 (2.3%)

6 (0.7%)

Epilepsy types

 Focal

1924 (74.4%)

1231 (72.0%)

693 (79.0%)

 Generalized

467 (18.1%)

349 (20.4%)

118 (13.5%)

 Combined

154 (6.0%)

93 (5.4%)

61 (7.0%)

 Unknown

41 (1.6%)

36 (2.1%)

5 (0.6%)

Etiology

 Structural

873 (33.8%)

537 (31.4%)

336 (38.3%)

 Genetic

438 (16.9%)

329 (19.3%)

109 (12.4%)

 Immune

90 (3.5%)

62 (3.6%)

28 (3.2%)

 Infectious

53 (2.0%)

37 (2.2%)

16 (1.8%)

 Hypoxic

5 (0.2%)

3 (0.2%)

2 (0.2%)

 Metabolic

3 (0.1%)

3 (0.2%)

0 (0%)

 Unknown

1124 (43.5%)

738 (43.2%)

386 (44.0%)

 History of febrile convulsion ( +)

171 (6.6%)

94 (5.5%)

77 (8.8%)

 Family history of epilepsy ( +)

76 (2.9%)

49 (2.9%)

27 (3.1%)

  1. ASM, Antiseizure medication; SF, Seizure-free; NSF, Non-seizure-free.