Table 2.

Demographics and clinical characteristics.

	Left TLE (n = 46)	Right TLE (n = 33)	Significance (p)
Gender	f  = 31 (67.4%)	f  = 13 (39.4%)	0.021
Age (mean ± SD)	40.6 ± 11.9 years	40.2 ± 11.7 years	0.896
Age of onset (mean ± SD)	12.3 ± 11.4 years	19.0 ± 14.2 years	0.023
WAIS-R (mean ± SD)	85.4 ± 14.9	95.9 ± 16.3	0.004
Early versus late beginning	≤14 = 29 (63.04%)	≤14 = 18 (48.28%)	0.492
Duration (mean ± SD)	28.26 ± 14.13	21.21 ± 13.97	0.031
Education	<10 years = 33 (71.7%)	<10 years = 19 (57.6%)	0.23

f, female; WAIS-R, Wechsler-Adult Intelligence Scale Revised; n, number of subjects; SD, standard deviation; TLE, temporal lobe epilepsy.