Table 1.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy patients and controls.
| Learning decline | Learning intact | Controls | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 11 | N = 20 | N = 18 | ||
| Age (years) | 47 (7.5) | 51.7 (12.1) | 49.5 (11.9) | 0.516 |
| Sex (female) | 6 (54.5%) | 12 (60%) | 11 (61.1%) | 0.937 |
| Age at onset (years) | 18.1 (13.3) | 12.6 (10.4) | 0.207 | |
| Left resection (participants) | 8 (72.7%) | 8 (40%) | 0.081 | |
| HS (participants) | 8 (72.7%) | 16 (80%) | 0.643 | |
| Seizure-free* (participants) | 6 (54.5%) | 8 (40%) | 0.477 | |
| Post-surgical follow-up** | 86 (50) | 93.5 (55) | 0.919 | |
| Hipp volume (cm 3 ) | ||||
| Pathological | 2.77 (0.5) | 2.8 (0.5) | 3.33 (0.3) | <0.001 |
| Contralateral (Participants) | 3.41 (0.2) | 3.52 (0.2) | 3.41 (0.3) | 0.154 |
| RAVLT pre | 12.2 (2.2) | 11.1 (2.2) | 11.7 (2.4) | 0.472 |
| RAVLT post | 8.2 (1.2) | 11.5 (2.7) | 11.7 (2.8) | 0.002 |
Data presented as number (percentage). N, number of participants; HS, Hippocampal Sclerosis; Hipp, Hippocampus; RAVLT, Rey Auditory Verbal learning Test.
*
At the end of follow-up.
**
In months, median (range). Significance assessed with the Mann-Whitney test. The bold values indicate the statistically significant.