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Table 1 Clinical features of our cohort

From: Diffusion tensor imaging discriminates focal cortical dysplasia from normal brain parenchyma and differentiates between focal cortical dysplasia types

Clinical features

Non-surgical patients (N = 17)

Surgical patients (N = 15)

p-value

All patients

(N = 32)

Male, n (%)

12 (71%)

8 (53%)

1

20 (63%)

Age at epilepsy onset in y, median (IQR)

2 (1 to 7)

0 (0 to 2)

0.64

1 (0 to 4)

Epilepsy duration in y, median (IQR)

1 (0 to 4)

2 (0 to 3)

1

2 (0 to 4)

Age at MRI in y, median (IQR)

8 (3 to 11)

3 (2 to 6)

0.56

4 (2 to 11)

Seizure frequency per month, median (IQR)

0.3 (0 to 90)

16 (4 to 300)

0.28

9 (0.1 to 158)

Positive history of status epilepticus, n (%)

5 (29%)

2 (13%)

1

7 (22%)

Total ASD trials, median (IQR)

1 (0 to 1)

5 (3 to 6)

0.003*

2 (1 to 5)

  1. n: number, y: years, IQR: Interquartile range, ASD: Anti-seizure drugs, MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging
  2. *p < 0.05 statistical significance