Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of Temporal Epilepsy Patients and Comparison Subjects
| Control (N=22) |
No Negative (N=22) |
Negative (N=22) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | |
| Age (yrs) | 35.9 | 11.2 | 36.6 | 12.0 | 37.9 | 11.0 |
| Height | 66.7 | 3.5 | 66.5 | 3.5 | 67.1 | 4.6 |
| Frequency of Complex Partial Seizures | 2.2 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 1.1 | ||
| Frequency of Secondarily Generalized Seizures |
0.6 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.1 | ||
| Duration (yrs) | 21.2 | 9.7 | 25.1 | 13.9 | ||
| Age of Onset (yrs) | 15.4 | 9.04 | 12.9 | 8.9 | ||
| Antiepileptic Medication (AED) | 1.7 | .9 | 2.0 | .8 | ||
| BDI * | 5.1 | 3.9 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 9.8 | 8.3 |
| Gender (M/F) | 7/15 | 6/16 | 8/14 | |||
| Number Mono/Poly AED Therapy | 10/12 | 6/16 | ||||
| Range | 1-26 | |||||
| Number of Positive Symptoms | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| Number of Negative Symptoms | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.8 | 6.6 |
*
significant between Negative versus Controls