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Advanced Neurology Seizure precipitants

Figure 1. Frequency of precipitating factors of the included patients with epilepsy

Table 3. Distribution of seizure precipitants of patients with
epilepsy by seizure control
Seizure precipitants Seizure in the past 2 years p‑value
Yes (%) No (%)
Emotional stress 111 (70.7) 18 (66.7) 0.672
Missing anti-epileptic dose 91 (58.0) 14 (51.9) 0.554
Sleep deprivation 51 (32.5) 8 (29.6) 0.769
Excessive sunlight exposure 50 (31.8) 3 (11.1) 0.028

factors; and PWEs in Nigeria reported an average of 3 ± 2
precipitating factors. 10,12,18

Figure 2. Distribution of the number of seizure precipitants of patients The frequency of precipitating factors reported in
with epilepsy by gender existing literature varies between 53% and 92%, and to

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