Alcohol consumption, unprovoked seizures, and epilepsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Epilepsia

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1177-1184

  Samokhvalov, Andriy V ^a   Irving, Hyacinth ^a   Mohapatra, Satya ^a   Rehm, Jürgen ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol dependence; Epilepsy; Heavy drinking; Unprovoked seizures

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 77950639009     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02426.x     Document Type: Review

References (39)

1. Alldredge BK, Lowenstein DH. (1993) Status epilepticus related to alcohol abuse. Epilepsia 34:1033-1037.
2. Ballenger JC, Post RM. (1978) Kindling as a model for alcohol withdrawal syndromes. Br J Psychiatry 133:1-14. (Pubitemid 8371124)
3. Barclay GA, Barbour J, Stewart S, Day CP, Gilvarry E. (2008) Adverse physical effects of alcohol misuse. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 14:139-151.
4. Bartolomei F. (2006) Epilepsy and alcohol. Epileptic Disord 8:S72-S78.
5. Begg CB, Mazumdar M. (1994) Operating characteristics of a rank correlation test for publication bias. Biometrics 50:1088-1101.
6. Bell GS, Sander JW. (2001) The epidemiology of epilepsy: the size of the problem. Seizure 10:306-314.
7. Brennan FN, Lyttle JA. (1987) Alcohol and seizures: a review. J R Soc Med 80:571-573.
8. Dam AM, Fuglsang-Frederiksen A, Svarre-Olsen U, Dam M. (1985) Late-onset epilepsy: etiologies, types of seizure, and value of clinical investigation, EEG, and computerized tomography scan. Epilepsia 26:227-231. (Pubitemid 15001189)
9. DerSimonian R, Laird N. (1986) Meta-analysis in clinical trials. Control Clin Trials 7:177-188.
10. Devetag F, Mandich G, Zaiotti G, Toffolo GG. (1983) Alcoholic epilepsy: review of series and proposed classification and etiopathogenesis. Ital J Neurol Sci 4:275-284. (Pubitemid 14238729)
11. Egger M, Smith GD, Schneider M, Minder C. (1997) Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test. BMJ 315:629-634. (Pubitemid 27387172)
12. English D, Holman C, Milne E, Winter M, Hulse G, Codde G, Bower G, Corti B, de Klerk N, Knuiman M, Kurinczuk J, Lewin G, Ryan G. (1995) The quantification of drug caused morbidity and mortality in Australia 1995. Commonwealth Department of Human Services and Health, Canberra, Australia.
13. Ezzati M, Lopez AD, Rodgers AD, Vander Horn S, Murray CJL, Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborating Group. (2002) Selected major risk factors and global and regional burden of disease. Lancet 360:1347-1360.
14. Fernandes PT, Salgado PCB, Noronha ALA, Barbosa FD, Souza EAP, Li LM. (2004) Stigma scale of epilepsy: conceptual issues. J Epilepsy Clin Neurophysiol 10:213-218.
15. Fisher RS, van Emde Boas W, Blume W, Elger C, Genton P, Lee P, Engel J. (2005) Epileptic seizures and epilepsy: definitions proposed by the international league against epilepsy (ILAE) and the international bureau for epilepsy (IBE). Epilepsia 46:470-472. (Pubitemid 40470667)
16. Fisher RS, Lepik I. (2008) Debate: When does a seizure imply epilepsy? Epilepsia 49:7-12.
17. Frye GD, Fincher AS. (1988) Effect of ethanol on gamma-vinyl GABA-induced GABA accumulation in the substantia nigra and on synaptosomal GABA content in six rat brain regions. Brain Res 449:71-79.
18. Greenland S, Longnecker MP. (1992) Methods for trend estimation from summarized dose-response data, with applications to meta-analysis. Am J Epidemiol 135:1301-1309.
19. Higgins JP, Thompson SG. (2002) Quantifying heterogeneity in a metaanalysis. Stat Med 21:1539-1558.
20. Higgins JP, Thompson SG, Deeks JJ, Altman DG. (2003) Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses. BMJ 327:557-560.
21. Hillbom M, Pieninkeroinen I, Leone M. (2003) Seizures in alcohol-dependent patients. CNS Drugs 17:1013-1030.
22. Jacoby A. (2002) Stigma, epilepsy, and quality of life. Epilepsy Behav 3:10-20.
23. Jallon P. (2002) Epilepsy and epileptic disorders, an epidemiological marker? Contributions of descriptive epidemiology. Epileptic Disord 4: 1-13.
24. Kokka N, Sapp DW, Taylor AM, Olsen RW. (1993) The kindling model of alcohol dependence: similar persistent reduction in seizure threshold to pentylenetetrazol in animals receiving chronic ethanol or chronic pentylenetetrazol. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 17:525-531. (Pubitemid 23178433)
25. Leonardi M, Ustun TB. (2002) The global burden of epilepsy. Epilepsia 43:21-25.
26. Leone M, Bottacchi E, Gionco M, Nardozza V, Sironi L. (1994) Alcohol and epileptic seizures: a case control study. Alcologia 6:215-219.
27. Leone M, Bottachi E, Beghi E, Morgando E, Mutani R, Amedeo G, Cremo R, Gianelli M, Ravagli Ceroni L. (1997) Alcohol use is a risk factor for a first generalized tonic-clonic seizure. Neurology 48:614-620.
28. Leone M, Bottacchi E, Beghi E, Morgando E, Mutani R, Cremo R, Ravagli Ceroni L, Floriani I. (2002) Risk factors for a first generalized tonic-clonic seizure in adult life. Neurol Sci 23:99-106.
29. Meyer-Wahl JG, Braun J. (1982) Epileptic seizures and cerebral atrophy in alcoholics. J Neurol 228:17-32.
30. Ng SKC, Hauser AW, Brust JCM, Susser M. (1988) Alcohol consumption and withdrawal in new-onset seizures. N Engl J Med 319:666-673.
31. Ogunniyi A, Osuntokun BO, Bademosi O, Adeuja AOG, Schoenberg BS. (1987) Risk factors for epilepsy: case-control study in Nigerians. Epilepsia 28:280-285. (Pubitemid 18048512)
32. Orsini NBR, Greenland S. (2006) Generalized least squares for trend estimation of summarized dose-response data. Stata J 6:40-57. (Pubitemid 43708443)
33. Rathlev NK, Ulrich AS, Delanty N, D'Onofrio G. (2006) Alcohol-related seizures. J Emerg Med 31:157-163.
34. Rehm J, Room R, Monteiro M, Gmel G, Graham K, Rehn N, Sempos C, Jernigan D. (2003) Alcohol as a risk factor for global burden of disease. Eur Addict Res 9:157-164.
35. Royston P, Sauerbrei W. (2008) Multivariable model-building: a pragmatic approach to regression analysis based on fractional polynomials for modelling continuous variables. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ.
36. Scorza FA, Arida RM, Cysneiros RM, Priel MR, de Albuquerque M, Cavalheiro EA. (2003) The effects of alcohol intake and withdrawal on the seizures frequency and hippocampal morphology in rats with epilepsy. Neurosci Res 47:323-328.
37. Shaper A, Wannamethee G, Walker M. (1988) Alcohol and mortality in British men: explaining the U-shaped curve. Lancet 2:1267-1273.
38. Tsai G, Coyle JT. (1998) The role of glutamatergic neurotransmission in the pathophysiology of alcoholism. Annu Rev Med 49:173-184.
39. Zeng J, Zhen H, Mao-Sheng H, Mei-Hua J. (2003) A case-control study on the risk factors and other socio-psychological factors of epilepsy. Chin J Epidemiol 24:116-118.