Prevalence and incidence of epilepsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of international studies.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To review population-based studies of the prevalence and incidence of epilepsy worldwide and use meta-analytic techniques to explore factors that may explain heterogeneity between estimates.

Methods

The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses standards were followed. We searched MEDLINE and EMBASE for articles published on the prevalence or incidence of epilepsy since 1985. Abstract, full-text review, and data abstraction were conducted in duplicate. Meta-analyses and meta-regressions were used to explore the association between prevalence or incidence, age group, sex, country level income, and study quality.

Results

A total of 222 studies were included (197 on prevalence, 48 on incidence). The point prevalence of active epilepsy w

SUBMITTER: Fiest KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5272794 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature