Association between consanguinity and neurological and developmental disorders in pediatric patients: A retrospective cohort study in Jazan, Saudi Arabia

Table 3 Association between epilepsy and consanguinity status, n (%)

Epilepsy	Consanguineous	Non-consanguineous	Total	χ2	P value
Any epilepsy	47 (75.8)	33 (76.7)	80 (76.2)	0.01	0.91
Epilepsy type among epilepsy cases
Focal epilepsy	23 (48.9)	20 (60.6)	43 (53.8)	1.06	0.30
Generalized epilepsy	22 (46.8)	12 (36.4)	34 (42.5)	0.87	0.35
Undetermined	2 (4.3)	0 (0.0)	2 (2.5)	1	0.34
Type not documented	0 (0.0)	1 (3.0)	1 (1.3)	1	0.41

¹χ² test was used to compare between the groups. Fisher's exact test was used when the assumption of χ² test was not met.

Percentages for epilepsy phenotype rows are calculated among children with epilepsy within each group (with or without consanguinity).