Table 1.
Demographic data.
| Total | IGE/GGE | IFE | GE | p values | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epilepsy type (n) | 126 | 56 | 26 | 44 | |
| Sex (n) | |||||
| m/f | 67/69 | 34/22 | 11/15 | 22/22 | p = 0.265 |
| Average age at inclusion in years | |||||
| Mean (95% CI); SD | 10.0 (9.3–10.6); 3.5 | 10.9 (9.9–11.9); 3.7 | 9.1 (8.1–10.1); 3.4 | 9.3 (8.3–10.3); 3.5 | p = 0.022 |
| Average age of epilepsy diagnosis in years | |||||
| Mean (95% CI); SD | 5.8 (5.1–6.6); 4.1 | 7.3 (6.2–8.3); 4.1 | 6.0 (4.8–7.2); 2.8 | 4.0 (2.8–5.3); 4.0 | p < 0.001 |
| Average epilepsy duration in years | |||||
| Mean (95% CI); SD | 4.2 (3.5–4.8); 3.4 | 3.7 (2.9–4.5); 3 | 3.3 (2.1–4.4); 2.9 | 5.3 (4.0–6.5); 4.0 | p = 0.029 |
| Seizure frequency (n) | |||||
| Not reported | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | p = 0.035 |
| Seizure free | 64 | 34 | 15 | 15 | |
| 1/(6 M) | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| 1/M | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Weekly | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Daily | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | |
| Number of AEDs (n) | |||||
| Not reported | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | p = 0.021 |
| 0 | 24 | 5 | 10 | 9 | |
| 1 | 63 | 36 | 12 | 14 | |
| 2 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 14 | |
| 3+ | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
IGE/GGE, idiopathic/genetic generalized epilepsy; IFE, idiopathic focal epilepsy; GE, genetic epilepsy; m, male; f, female; CI, confidence interval; SD, standard deviation; M, month(s); AED, antiepileptic drug.