| AUDS patients (n = 16; age 32y ± 11; 6 males) | MDE patients (n = 16; age 33y ± 13; 6 males) | P value* |
---|---|---|---|
Problematic alcohol consumption | 4 (n = 15) | 4 (n = 13) | ns |
Alcohol withdrawal symptoms | 0 | 3 | ns |
Drug abuse | 1& | 0 | ns |
Benzodiazepine medication | 6 | 3 | ns |
Anti-epileptic medication for epilepsy # | 4 | 0 | ns |
Anti-epileptic medication for other indications # | 3 | 0 | ns |
Seizures in clinical history | 6 | 0 | 0.018 |
Fulfilling clinical criteria for epilepsy | 5 | 0 | 0.043 |
Focal or generalized slow, or epileptiform EEG activity (≥ 2 pathological features) | 8 | 1 | 0.015 |
Cerebral MRI pathology | 2 (n = 13) | 2 (n = 13) | ns |
Pathological findings at neurological bedside examination indicative of CNS pathology | 3 (n = 11) | 1 (n = 13) | ns |