Skip to main content

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the patients

From: Serum α-synuclein and IL-1β are increased and correlated with measures of disease severity in children with epilepsy: potential prognostic biomarkers?

 

Control

Epilepsy

Acquired demyelinating disorders of the CNS

Number of subjects

146

115

10

Number of tests

146

115

18

Male/Female

76/68

68/47

3/7

Age at test (years; mean ± SD)

9.4 ± 2.9

8.9 ± 6.2

8.1 ± 4.3

Age at 1st symptom onset (years; mean ± SD)

NA

5.8 ± 5.2

6.1 ± 4.0

Duration of disease (year; mean ± SD)

NA

3.1 ± 4.5

2.1 ± 2.9

  1. CNS, central nervous system; SD, standard deviation; Inflammatory brain diseases include acute cerebellar ataxia, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (N = 8) and transverse myelitis