Table 1.
RmTLE (n = 32) | LmTLE (n = 15) | Controls (n = 96) | P-value | |
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Age (years) | 41.1 ± 11.7 | 37.1 ± 14.4 | 37.9 ± 13.4 | 0.34a |
Gender (M/F) | 15/17 | 10/5 | 50/46 | 0.45a |
Duration of epilepsy (years) | 20.0 ± 15.0b | 23.2 ± 16.7 | 0.51c | |
MTS on MRI | 19 (59%) | 14 (93%) | 0.02d,c | |
MTS or mesial temporal gliosis from pathology | 28 (97%)e | 14 (100%)f | 0.51c | |
PET hypometabolism localization | 27 (84%) | 12 (80%) | 0.72c | |
Interictal EEG localization | 26 (81%) | 9 (60%) | 0.13c | |
Ictal EEG localization | 27 (84%) | 14 (93%) | 0.41c | |
Had SEEG study | 4 (13%) | 0 (0%) | 0.16c | |
Presence of FBTCS | 15 (47%) | 10 (67%) | 0.22c |
aKruskal-Wallis test.
bOne RmTLE patient’s duration of epilepsy is unknown and was not included (n = 31).
cWilcoxon rank-sum test.
d P < 0.05.
eThree RmTLE patients did not have a postoperative pathology specimen (n = 29).
fOne LmTLE patient did not have a postoperative pathology specimen (n = 14).