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Table 1 Demographic and clinical predictors of seizure remission in univariate analysis

From: The long-term prognosis and predictors of epilepsy: a retrospective study in 820 patients

Variables

1- year remission

2 - year remission

Yes n = 503

No n = 317

P-value

Yes n = 330

No n = 339

P-value

Sex, male, n (%)

280 (55.7)

163 (51.4)

0.235

187 (56.3)

177 (52.2)

0.281

Age at seizure onset, years, median (IQR; range)

15 (10–24; <  1 to 77)

16 (10–25; <  1 to 70)

0.972

15 (10 - 22; <  1 to 70)

16 (10–25; <  1 to 70)

0.465

Age at seizure onset, ≤ 12 years, n (%)

168 (33.6)

113 (35.6)

0.548

111 (33.6)

116 (34.2)

0.874

Seizure frequency, ≥ 1 /month, n (%)

252 (50.1)

233 (73.5)

<  0.001

158 (47.9)

244 (72.0)

<  0.001

Number of AEDs at first arrival, n (%)

  

<  0.001

  

<  0.001

 0

193 (38.4)

69 (21.8)

 

138 (41.8)

84 (24.8)

 

 1

200 (39.8)

123 (38.8)

 

122 (37.0)

137 (40.4)

 

  ≥ 2

110 (21.9)

125 (39.4)

 

70 (21.2)

118 (34.8)

 

Family history of epilepsy or FS, n (%)

42 (8.3)

26 (8.2)

0.940

28 (8.5)

21 (6.2)

0.256

History of FS, n (%)

51 (10.1)

34 (10.7)

0.789

29 (8.8)

38 (11.2)

0.297

EEG results, n (%)

  

<  0.001

  

0.002

 Normal

162 (32.2)

51 (16.1)

 

103 (31.2)

66 (19.5)

 

 Epileptiform abnormality

266 (52.9)

204 (64.4)

 

176 (53.3)

208 (61.4)

 

 Not done

75 (14.9)

62 (19.6)

 

51 (15.5)

65 (19.2)

 

MRI results, n (%)

  

<  0.001

  

<  0.001

 Normal

293 (58.3)

122 (38.5)

 

201 (60.9)

144 (42.5)

 

 Abnormal

173 (34.4)

170 (53.6)

 

105 (31.8)

169 (49.9)

 

 Not done

37 (7.4)

25 (7.9)

 

24 (7.3)

26 (7.7)

 

Type of epilepsy, n (%)

  

<  0.001

  

<  0.001

 Idiopathic

101 (20.1)

24 (7.6)

 

71 (21.5)

28 (8.3)

 

 Symptomatic

135 (26.8)

159 (50.2)

 

86 (26.1)

148 (43.7)

 

 Cryptogenic

267 (53.1)

134 (42.3)

 

173 (52.4)

163 (48.1)

 
  1. FS febrile convulsions