Table 2.

Childhood or family factors coded in matched patients diagnosed with functional motor symptoms (FMDs) and functional seizures (FSs)

Characteristic	FMD, n (%)	FS, n (%)	Std Diff	p-value
History of any abuse in childhood	412 (1)	1,234 (4)	0.1266	<0.0001 a
Family history of mental illness	1,015 (2)	1,414 (3)	0.0507	<0.0001 a
Parent–child conflict	88 (0)	159 (1)	0.0280	<0.0001 a
Problems related to upbringing	586 (1)	1,499 (3)	0.1252	<0.0001 a

Note: N = number of patients; Std Diff = standardised difference.

^aSignificant at Bonferroni-corrected level of p = 0.012.