Table 1.
Participant characteristics of controls and epilepsy participants by subsyndrome (means and standard deviations).
| Variable | Healthy controls (n = 72) |
BECTS (n=23) |
Focal (n=31) |
JME (n=26) |
Absence (n=11) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 12.86 (3.20) |
10.25 (1.40) |
11.82 (2.94) |
14.62 (3.06) |
12.24 (3.46) |
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| Sex (#/% female) | 37 (51%) | 10 (44%) | 14 (45%) | 14 (54%) | 4 (36%) |
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| FSIQ | 107.35 (12.00) |
103.00 (14.53) |
98.52 (10.90) |
101.62 (13.89) |
98.18 (11.16) |
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| Academic Problems(+/-) | 13/58 | 15/8 | 16/15 | 12/14 | 5/6 |
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|
Age of seizure onset (years) |
-- | 9.00 (2.41) |
10.51 (2.81) |
13.21 (4.09) |
11.20 (3.52) |
|
Seizure frequency (<1year, >1year) |
-- | 4/19 | 4/27 | 7/19 | 3/8 |
|
Epilepsy duration (months) |
-- | 7.22 (4.04) |
8.26 (3.56) |
8.46 (3.49) |
9.73 (3.17) |
|
Antiepileptic drugs (0/1/2+) |
-- | 9/14/0 | 6/24/1 | 0/25/1 | 0/9/2 |
BECTS: Benign epilepsy with centro-temporal spikes
JME: Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy