Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients included in the study.
From: Seizure control in patients with epilepsy: the physician vs. medication factors
Age in years (median, range) | 43 (21–83) |
|---|---|
Female (%) | 54.5 |
Black (%) | 14.0 |
Age at the seizure onset in years (median, range) | 10 (0–81) |
Epilepsy duration in years (median, range) | 30.5 (2–66) |
Epilepsy type | Â |
   Generalized, including symptomatic generalized epilepsy (%) | 34.8 |
   Focal onset (%) | 57.3 |
   Unknown (%) | 7.9 |
Duration of treatment by an epilepsy specialist in years (median, range) | 6 (1–29) |
Duration of treatment by physician(s) other than epilepsy specialist in years (median, range) | 22 (1–62) |
Average number of seizures/month prior to treatment by an epilepsy specialist (median, range) | 4 (0–3000) |
Average number of seizures/month over the last 12 months (median, range; the "seizure freedom" variable) | 1 (0–300) |
Seizure-free at the time of the initial visit (%) | 10.1 |
Seizure-free at the time of the last visit (%) | 26.4 |
Psychiatric comorbidities (%) | 33.7 |
Neurologic comorbidities (%) | 75.8 |
   Stroke | 7.9 |
   Tumor | 6.7 |
   Trauma | 6.2 |
   Cerebral palsy/mental retardation/developmental delay | 46.6 |
   Other neurologic comorbidities | 30.3 |
MRI ever done (%) | 74.7 |
DEXA done (%) | 28.7 |
Receiving bone replacement therapy (%) | 39.9 |
Patients with falls (%) | 7.3 |
Patients with fractures (%) | 6.7 |