. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: Epilepsy Behav. 2014 Oct 14;0:103–108. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2014.09.051

Table 4.

Sex differences in non-acquired focal epilepsy seizure semiology

	Male			Female			Statistical Significance
	Yes	No	% Yes	Yes	No	% Yes	Statistical Significance
Aphasia	45	217	17.2%	56	222	20.1%	0.37

Autonomic	43	219	16.4%	74	204	26.6%	0.005^*

Dyspnea	5	257	1.9%	16	262	5.8%	0.05

Chest Tightness	3	259	1.1%	3	275	1.1%	0.93

Visceral or Epigastric Sensation	13	249	5.0%	33	244	11.9%	0.003^*

Cardiac	4	258	1.5%	12	265	4.3%	0.07

Diaphoresis	27	235	10.3%	34	244	12.2%	0.49

Motor	180	74	70.9%	187	82	69.5%	0.74

Psychic	70	192	26.7%	112	166	40.3%	0.001^*

Fear	30	230	11.5%	42	234	15.2%	0.19

Déjà vu	27	233	10.4%	56	222	20.1%	0.001^*

Jamais vu	1	258	0.4%	8	269	2.9%	0.06

Derealization/Depersonalization	17	245	6.5%	26	252	9.4%	0.22

Forced Thoughts	1	260	0.4%	4	274	1.4%	0.23

Gustatory	16	245	6.1%	19	255	6.9%	0.71

Olfactory	8	253	3.1%	16	258	5.8%	0.13

Somatosensory	17	245	6.5%	32	244	11.6%	0.04

Visual	27	235	10.3%	55	221	19.9%	0.002^*

Auditory	17	245	6.5%	26	250	9.4%	0.22

Vertigo	7	254	2.7%	14	259	5.1%	0.15

Ictal Headache	9	253	3.4%	4	269	1.5%	0.15

denotes statistically significant after correction for multiple comparisons.