Table 1.
Demographics of participants. Data for continuous variables are represented as mean ± standard deviation and paired t-tests were used for statistical testing. Data for categorical variables are shown as N (%) and chi-square tests were used for statistical testing. N=40 TLE patients and 40 controls.
| Patients | Controls | P Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, Years | 38.5 ± 11.9 | 38.5 ± 12.1 | 0.99 |
| Gender, female | 21 (52.5%) | 21 (52.5%) | 0.99 |
| Epilepsy duration, years | 21.1 ± 14.8 | ||
| Seizure frequency, monthly | |||
| Focal Aware Seizures | 9.1 ± 33.2 | ||
| Focal Impaired Awareness Seizures | 6.4 ± 9.4 | ||
| Focal to Bilateral Tonic-Clonic Seizures | 0.6 ± 1.6 | ||
| History of Tonic-Clonic Seizures, yes | 22 (55.0%) | ||
| Epileptogenic side, right | 30 (75.0%) | ||
| Mesial temporal sclerosis on MRI, yes | 27 (67.5%) | ||
| Type of Epilepsy Surgery | |||
| Selective Amygdalohippocampectomy | 29 | ||
| Anterior Temporal Lobectomy | 9 | ||
| Responsive Neurostimulation | 1 | ||
| Time between Surgery and Post-op MRI, months | 31.7 ± 15.8 |