Table 1.
Clinical variables in the group of epilepsy patients with and without suicidal ideation
| Suicidal ideation N= 23 | No suicidal ideation N= 170 | |
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| AGE (yrs) | 37±12 | 39±12 |
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| GENDER (M/F in %) | 48/52 | 52/48 |
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| RACE (White/Afr.Amer. in %) | 95.7/4.3 | 84.7/14.7 |
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| SEIZURE TYPE (%) | ||
| Simple partial | 4.3 | 15.3 |
| Complex partial | 78.3 | 65.9 |
| IGE | 17.4 | 18.8 |
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| SEIZURE LOCALIZATION (%) | ||
| temporal R/L | 21.7/13.0 | 17.6/22.4 |
| frontal R/L | 4.3/0 | 1.2/8.8 |
| parietal R/L | 0/0 | 1.2/2.9 |
| generalized | 8.7 | 18.8 |
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| SEIZURE FREQUENCY/Month | 7.7±18.2 | 4.0±8.5 |
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| NUMBER OF AEDs | 1.9±0.9 | 1.6±0.8 |
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| EDUCATION (yrs) | 13.0±2.9 | 13.7±2.6 |
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| EMPLOYED (Y/N) | 30.4/69.6 | 54.2/45.8 |
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| MARRIED/SINGLE | 45.5/54.5 | 53.6/46.4 |
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| BDI score | 22.5±8.6* | 7.7±7.8 |
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| AEP score | 48.3±8.7* | 37.5±11.4 |
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| QOLIE-89 score | 46.7±12.5* | 67.5±19.9 |
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| PRIOR SUICIDE ATTEMPT (%) | 13*(n= 3) | 1 (n= 2) |
*
χ2, p< 0.0001
IGE idiopathic generalized epilepsy
AED antiepileptic drug
BDI Beck Depression Inventory
AEP Adverse Events Profile
QOLIE Quality of Life In Epilepsy