Impact of epilepsy on the risk of hospital-treated injuries in Finnish children.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To study the effect of epilepsy on the risk of injury in children.

Methods

All first-born singleton children (n = 133055) born in 2001 - 2006 in Finland were included. Data was collected from national registers up to the first hospital-treated injury during the five years following the onset of epilepsy. Four matched controls were chosen for every subject.

Results

Epilepsy had been diagnosed in 0.66 % of children. During follow-up, 12 % of 884 children with epilepsy and 9 % of 3536 controls were hospitalized for injuries (HR 1.387 [95 % CI 1.115 - 1.725]; p = 0.0033). Risk for injuries was higher in boys than girls (p = 0.0057). Mean age at the first injury was 6.8 years (SD 3.3, median 7, range 0-13) in subjects and 7.2 years (SD 3.2, median 8, rang

SUBMITTER: Ripatti L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10015441 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature