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Table 2 Demographics and persistence patterns of epilepsy patients

From: Analysis of treatment adherence and cost among patients with epilepsy: a four‐year retrospective cohort study in Pakistan

 

Continuers

Switchers

Discontinuers

Patients* [N (%)]

5641 (49.1)

2252 (19.6)

3597 (31.3)

Mean Age** [% (SD**)]

44.2 (17.3)

26.7 (7.8)

58.8 (24.2)

Gender* (%) M/F

57.4/42.6

58.2/41.8

42.8/57.2

Patients with migraine* [N (%)]

310 (2.7)

563 (4.9)

687 (5.9)

Psychiatric disorders** [N (%)]

137 (1.2)

689 (6.0)

999 (8.7)

Other comorbidities* [N (%)]

207 (1.8)

379 (3.3)

586 (5.1)

  1. Total (11,490 N) Patients
  2. SD Standard deviation
  3. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.005