Table 1. Demographics for patients (n = 62) and healthy controls (n = 64).
Participants | ||||
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variables | Levels | Patients (n = 62) | Controls (n = 70) | p-value |
Age | 27.9 ± 8.3 | 29.1 ± 7.5 | 0.39** | |
Sex | Male | 32 (51.6%) | 35 (54.7%) | 0.73† |
Female | 30 (48.4%) | 29 (45.3%) | ||
Education level | Low education level | 5 (8.06%) | 7 (10.94%) | 0.80‡ |
High School or *TSS | 30 (48.4%) | 28 (43.2%) | ||
College or above | 27 (43.6%) | 29 (45.3%) |
Note: *TSS is technique secondary school. **t-test was performed to calculate p-value for age at diagnosis; †for variable sex, chi-square test was performed; ‡ for variable educational level, low education level includes no education, primary school education and junior school education. Chi-square test was performaed to evaluate the association of education level with partial epilepsy.