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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with epileptic seizure and controls

From: Ubiquitin Carboxy-Terminal Hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1) is increased in cerebrospinal fluid and plasma of patients after epileptic seizure

Characteristic

Epileptic Group (n = 52)

Controls (n = 19)

P value

Age, years, median (IQR)

45.5 (31.5-62)

41 (32–45)

0.13

Male, n (%)

30 (57.69)

4 (21.05)

0.014*

Time to sampling, h

12.5 (7–20)

-

 

Epilepsy Etiology

   

 Alcohol Withdrawal

15 (28.85)

-

 

 Acute Systemic Illness or Acute CNS Disorder

6 (11.54)

-

 

 Remote Symptomatic Epilepsy

14 (26.92)

-

 

 Cryptogenic Focal

14 (26.92)

-

 

 Idiopathic Epilepsy

3 (5.77)

-

 

Seizure Characteristic

   

 One

27 (51.92)

-

 

 Two

11 (21.15)

-

 

 Three

1 (1.92)

-

 

 Four

4 (7.69)

-

 

 Status Epilepticus

9 (17.31)

-

 
  1. Mann–Whitney U-test for continuous variables, cross-tabulations and chi-square-test for categorical variables.