One year of seizure freedom reduces premature death in people with epilepsy in rural China: A 10‐year cohort study
Mortality in this cohort remains more than twice that of the general population, with sudden death accounting for one third of cases. Achieving 1-year seizure freedom even once during follow-up substantially reduced mortality risk and altered cause-of-death distributions. This finding underscores seizure control as a practical and encouraging treatment goal in resource-limited settings.
Authors
- Guoxing Zhu
- Ding Ding (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6597-3725)
- Yan Ge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4374-9404)
- Bin Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7628-5303)
- Xiaowen Zhou
- P. W. K. Kwan
- Wenzhi Wang
- Josemir W Sander
Institutions
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Sichuan University (CN)
- Fudan University (CN)
- West China Hospital of Sichuan University (CN)
- Jiaozuo University (CN)
- Beijing Institute of Neurosurgery (CN)
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (GB)
- Huashan Hospital (CN)
- University College London (GB)
- Epilepsy Society (GB)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Epilepsia
- Published
- 2026-02-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/epi.70173
- Primary Topic
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00