Table 1.
Demographic and clinical variables according to seizure laterality.
| Group |
Stats |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left TLE | Right TLE | Controls | Statistic | p-Value | |
| N | 41 (38%) | 23 (21%) | 44 (41%) | – | – |
| Sex (female/male) | 26/15 | 10/13 | 29/15 | χ2(2) = 3.5 | 0.2 |
| Febrile seizures (no/yes) | 20/8 | 10/5 | – | χ2(1) = 0.1 | 0.8 |
| SGTCS (no/yes) | 15/13 | 9/6 | – | χ2(1) = 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Variables with mean (standard deviation) | |||||
| Age (years) | 43.8 (13) | 41.3 (14.9) | 43.2 (14.2) | F(2,107) = 0.24 | 0.8 |
| Age at onset in years | 18 (12.3) | 14.3 (11.5) | – | T(62) = 1.2 | 0.3 |
| Duration in years | 22.7 (13.1) | 22 (17.5) | – | T(62) = 0.17 | 0.9 |
| Seizure frequency in one month | 5.4 (3.9) | 9.4 (22.4) | – | T(41) = − 0.9 | 0.4 |
| Seizure burden | 1.9 (0.45) | 1.8 (0.44) | – | T (41) = 0.9 | 0.4 |
Note. Abbreviation: TLE = temporal lobe epilepsy. The conducted statistical tests were Chi-squared tests of independence for the first three variables; one-way ANOVA for age and unpaired two-tailed t-tests for all remaining clinical variables.