Table 2.
Additional information on participants from the patient and healthy control groups included in the study.
| Patient | Sex | Age | Diagnosis | Seizure type | Seizure frequency (within 24 h) | Seizure duration | Time from sampling to seizure | EEG | Medication before blood sampling | Healthy control | Sex | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E-1 | M | 5 m | Epilepsy, infantile spasms | Spasm | 5–6 times | 2–10 min | 1 h | Hypsarrhythmia | Chloral hydrate | C-1 | M | 6 y |
| E-2 | F | 14 m | Epilepsy | Generalized | 5 times | 3–5 min | 1 h | Normal | Chloral hydrate | C-2 | M | 7 y |
| E-3 | F | 12 y | Epilepsy | Partial | 5–6 times | 1–2 min | 1 h | Multifocal epileptic discharge | Carbamazepine | C-3 | F | 5 y |
| E-4 | M | 9 y | Epilepsy | Partial | 5–6 times | 1 min | 4 h | Abnormal | Sodium valproate, Levetiracetam | C-4 | F | 8 y |
| E-5 | F | 5 m | Epilepsy | Generalized | 2–3 times | 0.5 min | 1 h | Spike and slow wave emissions in the right occipital region | No medication | C-5 | M | 6 y |
| E-6 | M | 5 y | Epilepsy | Partial | 1 time | 30 min | 1 h | Background rhythm slowed with no epileptic discharge | No medication | C-6 | M | 8 y |
| E-7 | F | 5 m | Epilepsy | Spasm | 1 time | 1 min | 20 h | Hypsarrhythmia and seizures detected | No medication | C-7 | M | 8 y |
| E-8 | M | 15 m | Epilepsy | Spasm | 3–4 times | Seconds | 3 h | Spike and slow wave emissions in the central and parietal regions | No medication | C-8 | M | 7 y |
| E-9 | M | 14 y | Epilepsy | Partial | 1 time | 30 min | 35 h | Spike and slow wave emissions in the central and parietal regions | No medication | C-9 | M | 10 y |
| E-10 | M | 5 m | Epilepsy | Partial | 5–6 times | 0.5–1 min | 0.5 h | Epileptic discharge | Sodium valproate | C-10 | M | 9 y |
| E-11 | M | 3 y | Epilepsy | Partial | 1 time | 20 min | 27 h | Epileptic discharge | No medication | C-11 | M | 3 y |
| E-12 | F | 15 m | Epilepsy | Partial | 10 times | Seconds | 1 h | Normal | No medication | C-12 | F | 10 m |
| E-13 | F | 15 m | Epilepsy | Generalized | 3 times | 1 min | 1 h | Spike wave in the frontal area | Chloral hydrate | C-13 | M | 4 y |
| E-14 | F | 19 m | Epilepsy | Partial | 8 times | 1 min | 1 h | Spike and slow wave emissions | Chloral hydrate | C-14 | M | 11 m |