Results from (A) PET and (B) EEG analyses. Some patients had several hypometabolic areas outside the seizure onset region
| Sex | Il frontal | Cl frontal | Cl temporal | Il parietal | Cl parietal | No spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (A) Regions with hypometabolism outside the epileptogenic region: | ||||||
| Male (n=21) | 13† | 4 | 3†† | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Female (n=27) | 6 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| (B) Spread of epileptiform activity during seizures: | ||||||
| Male (n=21) | 13* | 3 | 5** | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Female (n=27) | 4 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
Il=ipsilateral; Cl=contralateral. * p=0.001; ** p=0.0097.†p<0.0001; ††p=0.0052.