| Major depression | No depression | |
| n (%) | 15 (44) | 19 (56) |
| Gender (n (%)) | ||
| Male | 7 (47) | 8 (42) |
| Female | 8 (53) | 11 (58) |
| Age at examination (y) | 42 (10) | 35 (10) |
| Age at onset epilepsy (y) | 10 (12) | 14 (12) |
| Duration epilepsy (y) | 31 (17) | 21 (12)* |
| Frequency of CPS/week | 2.1 (3.5) | 2.6 (4) |
| Presence of GTCS (%) | ||
| Present | 9 (60) | 12 (63) |
| Absent | 6 (40) | 7 (37) |
| Side of seizure focus (%) | ||
| Right | 3 (20) | 7 (37) |
| Left | 12 (80) | 12 (63) |
| Significant antecedents (%) | ||
| Present | 2 (13) | 11 (58)* |
| Absent | 13 (87) | 8 (42) |
CPS, complex partial seizures, measured per week over a 3 month observation period; GTCS, generalised tonic–clonic seizures, assessed as being part of the patient’s seizure history or not.
Results shown are mean (SD) or frequency (%).
Differences between patients with and without major depression were assessed.
ANCOVA (continuous variables) and χ2 tests (categorical variables).
Patients with major depression had a longer duration of epilepsy and a lower incidence of antecedent events to the development of epilepsy.
*Significant results.