EDA group (n=31) | Control group (n=191) | p Value | |
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Sex | 20M 11F | 106M 85F | NS |
Age (y, mean (SD)) | 33 (14) | 33 (14) | NS |
Mean duration of epilepsy (y, mean (SD)) | 22 (12) | 20 (12) | NS |
Family history of epilepsy | 9 | 49 | NS |
Lesional aetiology | 16 | 88 | NS |
Age at seizure onset <10 y | 16 | 77 | NS |
Seizure frequency during the first 2 years of illness > one a week | 18 | 127 | NS |
Mental deterioration | 14 | 26 | < 0.001 |
Secondarily generalised seizures | 20 | 115 | NS |
Changes in seizure type during evolution | 22 | 75 | < 0.002 |
Secondary bilateral synchrony | 23 | 25 | < 0.001 |
Drug resistance | 23 | 63 | < 0.001 |