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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of patients with the newly diagnosed epilepsy

From: A prospective cohort study of prognosis for newly diagnosed epilepsy in east China

Disease parameter

Outcome

P value

Poor (N = 23)

Good (N = 157)

Male gender

11 (47.8%)

83 (52.9%)

0.651

Age

17 (9 – 37)

19 (6 – 71)

0.516

Age at the seizure onset

12 (4 – 30)

13 (1 – 65)

0.822

Duration of epilepsy (months)

81 (24 – 99)

40 (24 – 110)

< 0.001

Type of epilepsy

  

0.022

Focal seizures

18 (78.3%)

83 (52.9%)

 

Generalized seizures

5 (21.7%)

74 (47.1%)

 

Etiology

  

0.128

Genetic

9 (39.1%)

38 (24.2%)

 

Structural/metabolic

or unknown cause

14 (60.9%)

119 (75.8%)

 
  1. The bold in the table indicates statistically significant data.
  2. A good outcome was defined as a seizure-free remission for at least one year. A poor outcome was defined as no seizure-free remission for one year. The percentages sum up by column.