Research Article
Risk Factors of the First Febrile Seizures in Iranian Children
Table 1
Comparison of Risk Factors among children with first febrile Seizures (case group) and healthy children (control group) in Qazvin, Iran.
| | Risk factor | Case | Control | |
| | Gender | M: 66% F: 34% | M: 45% F: 55% | .01 | | Family history of FS | 55% | 6.3% | .000 | | Breastfeeding duration (Mean) | months | months | .000 | | Temperature (Mean) |
°C |
°C | .000 | | Family history of Epilepsy | 7.5% | 5.1% | .05 | | Breast Feeding | 80% | 88.8% | .05 | | Background Diseases | UTI, GE, AOM, others | GE, URI, Pneumonia, others | .05 | | Birth Weight (Mean) gr | | | .05 | | Prematurity | 7.6% | 3.8% | .05 | | Cesarean labor | 46.3% | 55% | .05 | | Labor with Vacuum, Forceps | 0% | 1.3% | .05 | | Low Apgar and Resuscitation | 8.8% | 2.5% | .05 | | Maternal Smoking | 2.5% | 0% | .05 | | Coffee consumption | 3.8% | 2.5% | .05 | | Maternal disease | 7.5% | 11.2% | .05 |
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