Risk of epilepsy following first unprovoked and acute seizures: Cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

First unprovoked seizures and acute seizures are common and can develop into epilepsy. The risk of epilepsy following these seizures in community samples is not well established, and it is unclear whether the probability of subsequent unprovoked seizures following these seizures reaches the International League Against Epilepsy's threshold of 60%.

Methods

We followed participants initially classified as having first unprovoked seizures, having acute seizures, or without seizures in a community-based survey conducted in 2003 to estimate the subsequent risk of epilepsy in 2008 and 2021. The diagnosis of epilepsy in 2008 and 2021 was based on data from a community survey and health care visits to Kilifi County Hospital and the epilepsy clinic. Poisson regression model

SUBMITTER: Egesa IJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11997935 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature