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Table 1 Age, sex distribution, and CK levels in different groups

From: The role of creatine kinase in distinguishing generalized tonic–clonic seizures from psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) and syncope: a retrospective study and meta-analysis of 1300 patients

 

Epilepsy (n = 151)

Syncope (n = 51)

p value

Age in years (median [IQR])

58.00 [38.00, 75.00]

74.00 [53.00, 84.00]

0.003**

Sex (%)

 Male

83 (55.0)

26 (51.0)

0.621

 Female

68 (45.0)

25 (49.0)

 

CK level after 24 h (median [IQR])

114.00 [67.50, 195.00]

91.00 [65.50, 130.00]

0.061

CK level after 48 h (median [IQR])

213.00 [86.00, 509.50]

79.00 [48.50, 128.50]

 < 0.001***