Table 2.
Demographic data—Differences between vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) responders and non-responders.
Non-responders | Responders | p-value | |
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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.