Admissions of patients with epileptic seizures (E) and dizziness (D) related to geomagnetic and solar activity levels: differences in female and male patients.
Admissions of 762 patients for epileptic seizures and 1553 for dizziness were studied for the connection with the level of monthly and yearly solar activity in the 11-year solar cycle and with four levels of daily geomagnetic activity levels (400 epileptic patients and 802 patients suffering with dizziness). The most significant differences of the studied groups were in the male/female ratio in different conditions of solar and geomagnetic activity. Changes in the group of epileptic patients were accompanied by similar, but adverse changes in the group suffering from dizziness. Different conditions of responses of females and males to environmental changes can explain the demonstrated results.
Stoupel
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Toor Heart Institute, Department of Neurology, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, Israel.
Martfel
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Rotenberg
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004244:Dizziness / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D055593:Geological Phenomena; D005844:Geology; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008954:Models, Biological; D012737:Sex Factors