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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with febrile seizure (n = 133)

From: Risk of low serum levels of ionized magnesium in children with febrile seizure

Men/Women

73 (54.9)/60 (45.1)

Age (year)

2.1 [1.7 ̶ 3.1]

Family history of febrile seizure epilepsy

19 (14.3)/1 (0.8)

Past history of febrile convulsion

40 (30.1)

Developmental delay

4 (3.0)

Mean seizure duration (minute)

2.37 ± 2.20

Seizure longer than 15 min

0 (0)

Multiple seizure episodes

9 (6.8)

Seizure type (Focal/Generalized)

0 (0) / 133 (100)

  1. Data are presented as medians [inter-quartile ranges] for non-normally distributed variables, as means ± standard deviations for all normally distributed continuous variables, and as n (%) in the case of countable variables. n, number of patients