Ethnic Differences in the Incidence of Seizure Disorders in Children from Bradford, United Kingdom

We sought to determine if there are differences in the incidence of seizure disorders between the children of the indigenous and immigrant (predominantly Pakistani) populations of Bradford, United Kingdom. Annual incidence rates per 100,000 for new onset seizures were calculated along with Townsend...

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Published in:Epilepsia (Copenhagen) 2007-05, Vol.48 (5), p.913-916
Main Authors: Hamdy, Nermin Aly, Ginby, Des, Feltbower, Richard, Ferrie, Colin D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Factors
Asian Continental Ancestry Group - ethnology
Asian Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data
Biological and medical sciences
Bradford
Cerebrospinal fluid. Meninges. Spinal cord
Child
Consanguinity
Data Collection - statistics & numerical data
Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases
Emigration and Immigration - statistics & numerical data
Epilepsy
Epilepsy - epidemiology
Epileptic seizures
ethnic origin
Febrile seizures
Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy
Health Surveys
Humans
Incidence
Medical sciences
Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes)
Neurology
Pakistan
Pakistan - ethnology
Seizures, Febrile - epidemiology
Socioeconomic deprivation
Socioeconomic Factors
United Kingdom - epidemiology
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Summary:We sought to determine if there are differences in the incidence of seizure disorders between the children of the indigenous and immigrant (predominantly Pakistani) populations of Bradford, United Kingdom. Annual incidence rates per 100,000 for new onset seizures were calculated along with Townsend deprivation scores. The incidence of seizures (including febrile and single) was 153 (95%CI 104–139). The rate was significantly higher in south Asians (SA) (220; 184–255) compared to non–south Asians (non‐SA) (121; 104–139), mainly because of febrile seizures whose incidence was 87 (136–169) overall and 142 (114–170) and 61 (49–74) in SA and non‐SA, respectively. There were no significant differences in the rates of nonfebrile seizures (non‐FebSz) overall and of idiopathic non‐FebSz between racial groups but the rate for symptomatic/cryptogenic non‐FebSz was significantly higher in SA (22; 10–34) compared to non‐SA (6; 2–10). The occurrence of seizure disorders correlated with social deprivation.
ISSN:0013-9580
1528-1167
DOI:10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01097.x