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. 2019 Apr 12;2(4):e192129. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.2129

Table 1. Testing Outcome Stratified by Cohort Clinical Characteristics.

Cohort Patients, No. (% Category) Category Total (% All Cohort) P Value
With Diagnostic Findings (nā€‰=ā€‰27) With Likely Diagnostic and Inconclusive Findings No Reportable Findings
Age at seizure onset
Neonatal (0-1 mo) 1 (12.5) 6 (75.0) 1 (12.5) 8 (5.3) <.001a
Infancy (1 mo-1 y) 17 (38.6) 16 (36.4) 11 (25.0) 44 (29.1)
Toddler (1-3 y) 8 (16.0) 28 (56.0) 14 (28.0) 50 (33.1)
Early childhood (3-5 y) 0 12 (50.0) 12 (50.0) 24 (15.9)
Middle childhood (6-11 y) 1 (5.3) 11 (57.9) 7 (36.8) 19 (12.6)
Adolescent (12-18 y) 0 4 (66.7) 2 (33.3) 6 (4.0)
Phenotype
Seizure only 12 (14.6) 43 (52.4) 27 (32.9) 82 (54.3) .52
Seizure plusb 15 (21.7) 34 (49.3) 20 (29.0) 69 (45.7)
Seizure type
Focal 12 (19.7) 30 (49.2) 19 (31.1) 61 (40.4) .25
Generalized 6 (12.2) 27 (55.1) 16 (32.7) 49 (32.5)
Mixed 9 (35) 10 (38) 7 (27) 26 (17.2)
Febrile 0 1 (100) 0 1 (0.06)
Unknown 0 9 (64.3) 5 (35.7) 14 (9.3)
Brain MRI
With findingsc 15 (25.9) 24 (41.4) 19 (32.8) 58 (38.4) .19
No findings 12 (15.4) 43 (55.1) 23 (29.5) 78 (51.7)
Not determined 0 10 (66.7) 5 (33.3) 15 (9.9)
Family history
Positive 7 (14.0) 30 (60.0) 13 (26.0) 50 (33.1) .19
Negative 20 (22.7) 39 (44.3) 29 (33.0) 88 (58.3)
Unknown 0 8 (61.5) 5 (38.5) 13 (8.6)

Abbreviation: MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.

a

Williams correction applied.

b

Includes patients presenting with developmental and behavioral phenotypes, such as developmental delay, developmental regression, speech or language delay, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder or autism.

c

Includes any abnormality identified by MRI.