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Table 1 Patient demographic details

From: Winning hearts and minds: ECG reporting in the first seizure clinic

 

Seizure (n = 92)

Syncope (n = 43)

Unclassifiableb (n = 25)

Age (y) median (IQRa)

37 (23–55)

35 (24–48)

32 (23–47)

Male (n, %)

54 (58.7%)

26 (60.5%)

12 (48%)

On QT prolonging medication (n, %)

4 (4.3%)

4 (9.3%)

5 (20%)

History of heart disease (n, %)

2 (2.2%)

4 (9.3%)

0 (0%)

Family history of epilepsy (n, %)

4 (4.3%)

2 (4.7%)

1 (4%)

Number of episodes pre-referral median (IQR)

1 (1–1)

1 (1–2)

1 (1–1)

  1. aInterquartile range
  2. bAt initial presentation