The effect of interictal epileptiform discharges on cognitive and academic performance in children with idiopathic epilepsy

Table 1 Characteristics of childhood epilepsy with and without IEDs

Characteristics	Childhood epilepsy with IEDs	Childhood epilepsy without IEDs	Controls	p-value
Number of participants	97	77	71
Age (y), mean ± SD (range)	10.3 ± 2.1 (6–15)	10.8 ± 2.0 (6–15)	10.1 ± 2.5 (6–15)	0.12
Males/females	51/46	38/39	35/36	0.97
Socioeconomic status
Urban	44.3%	50.6%	56.3%	0.30
Rural	55.7%	49.4%	43.7%
Epilepsy classification				0.07
BECTS	60.8%	44.2%	N/A
CAE	14.4%	24.7%	N/A
FS +	24.7%	31.2%	N/A
Antiepileptic drugs
Yes	78.4%	83.1%	N/A	0.43
No	21.6%	16.9%	N/A
Seizure in EEG monitoring
Yes	36.1%	7.8%	N/A	0.001
No	63.9%	92.2%	N/A

IEDs: interictal epileptiform discharges; SD: standard deviation; BECTS: benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes; CAE: childhood absence epilepsy; FS +: febrile seizure plus; N/A: not applicable

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