Research Article
Cerebral Hemispheric Lateralization Associated with Hippocampal Sclerosis May Affect Interictal Cardiovascular Autonomic Functions in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Table 1
Demographics and resting autonomic parameters of thirty temporal lobe epilepsy patients with hippocampal sclerosis.
| Parameters | TLE with left HS () | TLE with right HS () | All patients () | values | (mean ± SD) | (mean ± SD) | (mean ± SD) |
| Age (years) | 32.47 ± 9.90 | 32 ± 11.71 | 32.3 ± 10.40 | 0.788 | Gender (F/M) | 14/5 | 4/7 | 18/12 | 0.044 | Age of onset of epilepsy (years) | 7.37 ± 4.6 | 8.09 ± 6.8 | 7.63 ± 5.4 | 0.682 | Duration of illness (years) | 25.11 ± 11.75 | 23.91 ± 11.07 | 24.67 ± 11.32 | 0.503 | HR (bpm) | 63.63 ± 6.78 | 67.09 ± 9.80 | 64.90 ± 8.04 | 0.101 | SBP (mm Hg) | 109.82 ± 10.27 | 115.4 ± 11.13 | 111.87 ±10.76 | 0.027 | DBP (mm Hg) | 68.45 ± 12.11 | 73 ± 7.74 | 70 ± 10.78 | 0.057 | Frequency seizures | 16 ± 13 | 8 ± 5 | 12 ± 9 | 0.003 |
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Values expressed as mean ± SD. is significant if < 0.05. Student’s -test. SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; HR: heart rate; HS: hippocampal sclerosis; F: female; M: male.
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