Table 1:

Characteristics of patients with epilepsy, including those with frontal lobe epilepsy and temporal lobe epilepsy and controls

Controls (n = 28)All Epilepsy (n = 45)FLE (n = 25)TLE (n = 16)
Age (yr)13.8 (3.1)13.6 (3.0)13.1 (3.3)14.4 (2.7)
Age at seizure onset (yr)NA8.4 (3.9)8.0 (4.0)9.2 (3.5)
Duration of epilepsy (yr)NA5.1 (3.2)5.1 (2.9)4.9 (3.7)
No. of antiepileptic medicationsNA2.0 (0.7)2.0 (0.7)2.0 (0.7)
IQ112.8 (10.8)97.0 (11.9)97.6 (10.9)97.6 (11.9)
  • Note:—NA indicates not applicable.