Table 1 Patient demographics, history of presenting complaint and past medical history for patients with a single episode of TGA compared to those with recurrent attacks
From: Factors determining recurrence in transient global amnesia
Isolated episode | Recurrent episodes | ||||
Patient number | 78 | 15 | |||
Age of Onset (mean) | 59.56 | 59.47 | |||
Age of Onset (median) | 61 | 62 | |||
Age of Onset (Std Dev) | 10.83 | 7.34 | |||
Minimum - Maximum Age | 17–78 | 40–73 | |||
Gender (M) | 42 | 53.85% | 7 | 46.67% | |
Episode characteristics | No. | % | No. | % | p-value |
Length of episode (hours +/− Std Dev) | 6.14 ± 8.66 | 5.64 ± 5.66 | |||
Repetitive Question | 66 | 84.62 | 37 | 94.87 | 0.14 |
Disoriented date | 24 | 30.77 | 6 | 15.38 | 0.07 |
Disoriented day | 26 | 33.33 | 9 | 23.08 | 0.25 |
Disoriented time | 27 | 34.62 | 6 | 15.38 | 0.03 |
Disoriented place | 41 | 52.56 | 22 | 56.41 | 0.69 |
Disoriented day’s events | 70 | 89.74 | 25 | 64.10 | < 0.01 |
Confusion | 40 | 51.28 | 15 | 38.46 | 0.19 |
Anxiety | 1 | 1.28 | 3 | 7.69 | 0.11 |
Headache | 21 | 26.92 | 3 | 7.69 | 0.02 |
Precipitating event | |||||
Feeling unwell | 13 | 16.67 | 6 | 15.38 | 0.86 |
Stress | 24 | 30.77 | 17 | 43.59 | 0.17 |
Swimming | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.69 | 0.03 |
Hot shower | 7 | 8.97 | 0 | 0 | 0.09 |
Coughing fit | 2 | 2.56 | 3 | 7.69 | 0.33 |
Sexual intercourse | 8 | 10.26 | 1 | 2.56 | 0.26 |
Housework/gardening | 15 | 19.23 | 5 | 12.82 | 0.39 |
Gym / Exercise | 14 | 17.95 | 5 | 12.82 | 0.48 |
Chemicals | 4 | 5.13 | 0 | 0 | 0.30 |