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Table 1 Baseline demographic characteristics and clinical features

From: Timing matters: there are significant differences in short-term outcomes between two time points of status epilepticus

 

Total cohort

(N = 100)

T1 of SE

(n = 56)

T2 of SE

(n = 44)

P value

Demographics

 Gender, male

61(61.0%)

37(66.1%)

24(54.5%)

0.303

 Age, median (IQR), years

66(53, 75)

64.5(46.8, 73,8)

67(56, 81.8)

0.133

 History of prior seizures

33(33.0%)

20(35.7%)

13(29.5%)

0.530

SE semiology

   

0.314

 Tonic-clonic SE

52(52.0%)

32(57.1%)

20(45.5%)

 Focal SE with impaired consciousness

48(48.0%)

24(42.9%)

24(54.5%)

Seizure duration (IQR), min

30(10–120)

10(10–15)

174.9(100.2–540)

<0.001 ***

Etiology of SE

 Acute symptomatic

50(50.0%)

24(42.9%)

26(59.1%)

0.158

 Remote symptomatic

30(30.0%)

19(33.9%)

11(25.0%)

0.384

 Progressive symptomatic

13(13.0%)

7(12.5%)

6(13.6%)

0.999

 Unknown

7(7.0%)

6(10.7%)

1(2.3%)

0.131

Neuroimaging

 unilateral lesions

31(31.0%)

18(32.1%)

13(29.5%)

0.830

 bilateral lesions/diffuse cerebral edema

49(49.0%)

23(41.1%)

26(59.1%)

0.107

EEG features

 Interictal epileptiform activities

39(39.0%)

18(32.1%)

21(47.7%)

0.149

 Periodic patterns

7(7.0%)

4(7.1%)

3(6.8%)

0.999

  1. EEG Electroencephalogram, IQR Interquartile range, SE Status epilepticus
  2. ***p<0.001