Table 1.
Sample size |
Age | Ascertainment | Diagnosis |
Sample Includes non-idiopathic |
Epilepsy rate in total sample and sample subgroups |
Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2112 | n/a | Mixed | Autism, PDD | yes | With intellectual disability: 21.4 % Without intellectual disability: 8% Male: 18.5% Female: 34.5% |
(22) |
46 | Mean 7.8 yrs | Clinic based | Autism, PDD | no | Total sample: 13% | (28) |
108 | Mean 25.5 yrs | Population Based |
Autistic or “Autistic Like” |
yes | Total sample: 38% | (10) |
56 | Range 1-14 yrs | Clinic based | Autism, PDD, Asperger's |
yes | Total sample: 28% Autism: 40.0% PDD: 11.1% |
(38) |
104 | Range 30mo. -8 yrs | Clinic based | Autism or ASD | yes | Total sample: 19.4% | (33) |
60 | Mean 17.6 yrs Range 12-30 yrs |
Clinic based | Autism | no | Total sample: 38.3% (includes febrile seizures) |
(30) |
130 | Range 18-35 yrs | Clinic based | Autism, PDD | no | Total sample: 17% (25% when 1 seizure included) |
(11) |
77 | Mean 9.1 yrs | Clinic based | Autism, PDD, Asperger's, CDD |
no | Total sample: 22.1% | (21) |
59 | Range 0.5-21 yrs | Clinic based | Autism | yes | Total sample: 46% | (6) |
32 | Mean 5 yrs | Clinic based | Autism | no | Total sample 36% | (14) |
77 | Mean 17 yrs | Clinic based | Autism, PDD | yes | Autism: 20.8% PDD: 35.1% |
(12) |
72 | Mean = 9 yrs Range = 4-21 yrs |
Clinic based | Autism | yes | 7% Idiopathic 55% Non-idiopathic |
(18) |
233 | Range 1-56 yrs | Clinic based | Autism, Asperger's | yes | 17% “essential” 39% “complex” |
(2) |