title: The role of anemia in first simple febrile seizure in children aged 6 months to 5 years old.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the relationship between anemia and first simple febrile convulsion in patients 6 months to 5 years old.
  
  
  METHODS
  This cross-sectional study was performed on 240 patients aged 6 months to 5 years old from 10 October 2010 to 15 December 2011 at Ghaem Hospital, Imam Reza Hospital, and Dr. Sheikh Hospital, Mashhad, Iran. Patients were divided into 2 groups: the control group who had fever without seizure, and the case group who had first simple febrile seizure. The anemia levels in both groups were evaluated and compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age of patients was 20.7+/-14.8 months. It was 20.53+/-15.07 for the case group, and 20.9+/-14.6 for the control group (p=0.74). The mean hemoglobin in the case group was 11.05+/-1.37, and 11.14+/-1.19 in the control group (p=0.58). Anemia was detected in 37.5% of the case group, and 36.7% of controls (p=0.89).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was no relationship between anemia and first simple febrile seizure.
authors: Pediatrics Department, Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad, Iran. heydarianf@mums.ac.ir
authors: Farhad
authors: F
authors: Heydarian
authors: Hosein
authors: H
authors: Vatankhah
mesh_terms: D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D003294:Seizures, Febrile / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric