Suicide risk of people with epilepsy

These data are part of a systematic review from the Mortality Task Force of the International League Against Epilepsy from 2017. [1] In their analysis the authors quote an elevated risk of suicide with SMRs of 2.6–5.0 and an aOR of 3.7.

1          Thurman DJ, Logroscino G, Beghi E, et al. The burden of premature mortality of epilepsy in high-income countries: A systematic review from the Mortality Task Force of the International League Against Epilepsy. Epilepsia 2017;58:17–26. doi:10.1111/epi.13604