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. 2023 Nov 1;13:18849. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-46113-z

Table 2.

Demographic data—Differences between vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) responders and non-responders.

Non-responders Responders p-value
Age (years) at VNS implantation (median, min–max) 30 (19–65) 36 (19–62) 0.177
Age (years) at epilepsy onset (median, min–max) 12 (0–27) 5 (0–51) 0.223
Duration (years) of epilepsy before VNS implantation 15 (4–55) 26 (6–60) 0.284
Gender—female (%)/ male (%) 17 (71%)/7 (29%) 17 (49%)/18 (51%) 0.188
Type of epilepsy—TLE (%)/ extra-TLE (%)/ generalized (%) 5(21%)/18(75%)/1(4%) 8 (23%)/25 (71%)/2 (6%) 1

Extra-TLE extra-temporal lobe epilepsy, G generalized, TLE temporal lobe epilepsy.