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Table 2 Established epilepsy risk factors and clinical variables. Individual case details can be found in the Additional file 1, available online

From: Brain region and epilepsy-associated differences in inflammatory mediator levels in medically refractory mesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsy risk factor

(n)

Mean age

Brain side (R/L)

Family history of seizures

Closed head injury

15

40.13

7/8

3/12

Febrile

11

32.91

8/3

4/7

Infection

5

38.00

2/3

0/5

Developmental

4

42.50

0/4

1/3

Hypoxic Injury

4

37.00

1/3

1/3

Mild head injury

4

40.75

2/2

2/2

Lesional

3

32.33

2/1

0/3

Not Known

12

38.83

7/5

3/9

Nonepileptic

4

63.50

3/1

0/4