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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Neurol. 2011 Mar 17;70(1):93–100. doi: 10.1002/ana.22368

TABLE 1.

Comparison of children with short seizures and those with long seizures with respect to demographics and neuropsychological testing

Duration ≤ 10 min. Duration > 10 min. p-value
Maternal Demographics
Duration of pregnancy, weeks1 40 (38 - 40) 40 (37 - 40) 0.75
Smoked during pregnancy2
Yes 11 (8.9%) 5 (18.5%) 0.13
No 112 (91.1%) 22 (81.5%)
Income, $3
< 15K 50 (40.3%) 14 (56.0%) 0.35
15K - 50K 54 (43.6%) 8 (32.0%)
≥ 50K 20 (16.1%) 3 (12.0%)

Patient Demographics
Age at first FS, months 19 (15 - 24) 15 (12.5 - 20) 0.048
Gender
Female 56 (42.8%) 16 (57.1%) 0.17
Male 75 (57.2%) 12 (42.9%)
Ethnicity
Hispanic 112 (85.5%) 22 (78.6%) 0.38
Non-Hispanic 19 (14.5%) 6 (21.4%)
Developmental delay4
Yes 2 (1.6%) 4 (14.3%) 0.010
No 127 (98.4%) 24 (85.7%)
Neuropsychological Testing at Baseline
Vineland standardized scores5
Communications 95.7 ± 12.2 98.4 ± 12.9 0.29
Daily Living 99.1 ± 12.8 100.9 ± 16.4 0.52
Socialization 99.4 ± 12.7 101.9 ± 11.5 0.34
Motor Skills 100.8 ± 13.1 98.8 ± 15.6 0.48
Bayley combined with DIAL-36
Cognitive 89.6 ± 13.8 91.0 ± 17.2 0.64
Motor 93.5 ± 13.7 87.5 ± 18.1 0.11

Data are mean ± std. dev., median (IQR), or frequency (%). Tests of means were conducted using the T-test. Tests of medians were conducted using the Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test. Tests of proportions were conducted using the Chi-squared Test or Fisher’s Exact Test.

1

Missing information for 5 (3.8%) children with short seizures.

2

Missing information for 8 (6.1%) children with short seizures and 1 (3.6%) with a long seizure.

3

Missing information for 7 (5.3%) children with short seizures and 3 (10.7%) with long seizures.

4

Missing information for 2 (1.5%) children with short seizures.

5

Missing information for 3 (2.3%) children with short seizures.

6

Missing information for 12 (9.2%) children with short seizures and 4 (4.3%) with long seizures.