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The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 1 Demographic characteristics and EEG activity among patients with SLI and controls

From: Association of epileptiform brain activity and specific language impairment (SLI) in preschool children

Variable

Patients

Controls

P value

Number

80

80

–

Sex

 Male

51

50

χ2 0.027

 Female

29

30

P = 0.87

Age (mean ± SD)

 

4.11 ± 1.93

4.17 ± 2.82

P = 0.65 #

EEG finding

 Normal

59 (73.8%)

75 (93.8%)

χ2 11.7

 Abnormal

21 (26.2%)

5 (6.2%)

P = 0.006

  1. EEG electroencephalography, NA not applicable,
  2. #Mann–Whitney U test
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