2016•NeurologyRequires access

Cause of death and predictors of mortality in a community-based cohort of people with epilepsy

Olli Nevalainen, Hanna Ansakorpi

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Keezer et al.1 mentioned that in addition to the current study, “only one other study has investigated the relationship between epilepsy etiology and causes of death (COD).” They cited a cohort study of patients with any kind of first afebrile epileptic seizure, which by definition has a different case mix than a cohort of epilepsy patients.2 At least 4 studies have previously published estimates on the relationship between epilepsy etiology and COD.3 Indeed, cardiovascular disease and …

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Key concepts: Epilepsy, Cohort, Medicine, Cause of death, Cohort study, Gerontology, Demography, Psychiatry