Table 1: The general and pathological characteristics of the participants.
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Control subjects |
Epileptic patients |
(t-test) |
Chi2 |
Significance |
|
Demographic characteristics |
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N |
15 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
Age (years) |
23 ± 3.72 |
24 ± 4.71 |
0.67 |
|
NS |
|
Education (years) |
12.05 ± 2.01 |
11.80 ± 1.97 |
0.46 |
|
NS |
|
Gender (%) |
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|
Men |
86.66 |
80 |
|
2 |
NS |
|
Women |
13.33 |
20 |
|
2 |
NS |
|
Pathological characteristics |
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Duration of epilepsy/years |
0 |
2 ± 3.72 |
|
|
|
|
Frequency of seizures/years |
0 |
27 ± 4.6 |
|
|
|
|
Number of antiepileptics |
0 |
1.2 ± 2.6 |
|
|
|
|
EEG abnormalities (%) (wave spikes) |
0 |
80 |
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