title: Febrile seizures in a south Indian district: incidence and associations.
abstract: One thousand four hundred and three children participated in a home-based survey of psychiatric disorders in 8- to 12-year-old children in Calicut District, Kerala, India. One thousand one hundred and ninety-two consecutive children underwent neurological and psychometric assessments. The projected number of children with a history of febrile seizures was 120 giving a lifetime incidence of 10.1%. Recurrent febrille seizures predominated and these were strongly associated with a history of perinatal adversity. Febrile seizures were independently association with indices of infective illness and mothers' education. Epilepsy developed in 2.7% of children with febrile seizures, but no evidence was found that febrile seizures had adverse intellectual or behavioural sequelae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Withington Hospital, West Didsbury, Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hackett
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hackett
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bhakta
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D018792:Encephalitis, Viral / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D012008:Recurrence; D003294:Seizures, Febrile / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors