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 Sensitivity and specificity of data from the medical history are compared in Table 1.
+'''Table 1. Diagnostic accuracy of specific items from history taking.'''
+{| class="wikitable" border="1" style='float: left'
+|+ Factors strongly suggesting epilepsy
+|-
+! colspan="1" |
+! colspan="3" | Hoefnagels
+! colspan="3" | Sheldon
+|-
+! scope="col" |
+! scope="col" | Sens
+! scope="col" | Spec
+! scope="col" | LR+
+! scope="col" | Sens
+! scope="col" | Spec
+! scope="col" | LR+
+|-
+! scope="row" | Tongue biting
+| 0.41 || 0.94 || 7.3 || 0.45 || 0.97 || 16.5
+|-
+! scope="row" | Turning of the head
+| NR || NR || NR || 0.43 || 0.97 || 13.5
+|-
+! scope="row" | Muscle pain
+| 0.39 || 0.85 || 2.6 || 0.16 || 0.95 || 3.4
+|-
+! scope="row" | Duration loss of cons. (>5 min)
+| 0.68 || 0.55 || 1.5 || NR || NR || NR
+|-
+! scope="row" | Cyanosis
+| 0.29 || 0.98 || 16.9 || 0.33 || 0.94 || 5.8
+|-
+! scope="row" | Postictal confusion
+| 0.85 || 0.83 || 5.0 || 0.94 || 0.69 || 3.0
+|-
+|}
+{{clr}}
-{| class="wikitable" border="0" style='float: right'
-|- align='left'
-!Table 2:Typical Premonitory Symptoms for Reflex Syncope<br />
-|- align='left'
-|
-* Lightheadedness, dizziness
-* Palpitations
-* Weakness
-* Dimming or blurred vision
-* Fading hearing, tinnitus
-* Nausea, epigastric distress
-* Feeling warm or cold
-* Facial pallor
-* Sweating, dilated pupils
-|}
 {{clr}}