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Table 2 Demographic Data of Study Participants (n=60)

From: Correlation between selenium levels and selenoproteins expression in idiopathic generalized epilepsy: a study from Karachi

Category

Total

n (%)

(n = 60)

Healthy Controls n (%)

(n = 30)

Epileptic Patients n (%)

(n = 30)

p-value

Age (years), Median (IQR)

20.0 (15.3–27.0)

20.5 (15.0- 27.3)

20.0 (15.8–27.3)

0.911$

Gender

   

0.787#

 Female

21 (35.0)

11 (36.7)

10 (33.3)

 

 Male

39 (65.0)

19 (63.3)

20 (66.7)

 

Marital Status

   

0.592#

 Unmarried

38 (63.3)

18 (60.0)

20 (66.7)

 

 Married

22 (36.6)

12 (40.0)

10 (33.3)

 

Employment Status (n = 58)

   

0.052#

 Employed

29 (48.3)

16 (53.3)

13 (46.4)

 

 Unemployed

5 (8.3)

0 (0.0)

5 (17.9)

 

 Students

24 (40.0)

14 (46.7)

10 (35.7)

 

Ethnicity

   

0.003*#

 Urdu Speaking

39 (65.0)

20 (66.7)

19 (63.3)

 

 Punjabi

13 (21.6)

10 (33.3)

3 (10.0)

 

 Others

8 (13.3)

0 (0.0)

8 (26.7)

 
  1. *p-value less than 0.05 is considered significant
  2. $p-value refers to Mann-Whitney U test
  3. #p-value refers to Chi-square test