Table 3.

Multiple logistic regression analysis of the relationship between post-operative improvement in general memory and pre-operative clinical factors

Factors	P value
Laterality of epilepsy	0.62
Age at onset of epilepsy (year)	0.06
Duration of epilepsy (year)	0.85
Seizure freedom at 1 year	0.32
Pre-operative full scale IQ (WAIS-R)	0.75
Pre-operative general memory index (WMS-R)	0.12
Type of surgery (ATL or SAH)	0.01*

^*P < 0.05. WAIS-R: Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised, WMS-R: Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised, ATL: anterior temporal lobectomy, SAH: selective amygdalohippocampectomy.