Table 1. Refractory epilepsy patient demographics.
Parameters | Refractory epilepsy (n = 117) |
Age (year) | 37.8±10.8 |
Age of onset (year) | 20.3±13.4 |
BMI | 35.2±8.1 |
Hypertension (n, %) | 10 (8.5) |
Diabetes (n, %) | 3 (2.6) |
Hyperlipidemia (n, %) | 1 (1) |
Duration of epilepsy (year) | 18.8±9.2 |
Frequencies of seizures (per week) | 1.7±4.5 |
Seizure duration (sec) | 110±162.9 |
Temporal lobectomy (n, %) | 10 (8.5) |
Smoking (n, %) | 14 (12) |
Febrile seizure (n, %) | 19 (16.2) |
GTCS : CPS : SPS (%) | 57.1∶ 25 : 17.9 |
Family history (n, %) | 8 (6.8) |
Number of AEDs | 2.8±1.3 |
GTCS = generalized tonic-clonic seizure; CPS = complex partial seizure; SPS = simple partial seizure.