Table 1 Demographic data of patients presenting with seizure
From: Profile of children admitted with seizures in a tertiary care hospital of Western Nepal
No fever | Fever | Total | Odds ratio (95%-CI) | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 256(%) | n = 295(%) | n = 551(%) | |||
Sex | |||||
Male | 140(54.7) | 198(67.1) | 338(61.3) | 1.691(1.119,2.390) | 0.003† |
Female | 116(45.3) | 97(32.9) | 213(38.7) | 1 | |
Age | |||||
6mo-5 yr | 85(33.2) | 232(78.6) | 317(57.5) | 11.15(6.637,18.749) | 0.001† |
6-10 yr | 77(30.1) | 40(13.6) | 117(21.2) | 2.123(1.171,3.849) | 0.01† |
11-15 yr | 94(36.7) | 23(7.8) | 117(21.2) | 1 | |
Type of seizure | |||||
GTC | 142(55.5) | 243(82.4) | 385(69.9) | 2.896(1.415,5.927) | 0.004† |
Partial | 72(28.1) | 37(12.5) | 109(19.8) | 0.870(0.394,1.920) | 0.730* |
Absence | 13(5.1) | 2(0.7) | 15(2.7) | 0.260(0.051,1.341) | 0.108* |
Myoclonic | 7(2.7) | 0 | 7(1.3) | - | - |
Others | 22(8.6) | 13(4.4) | 35(6.4) | 1 | - |
Status | 21(52.5) | 19(47.5) | 40(7.3) | 1.298(0.681,2.473) | 0.428* |