Table 5 Correlations between heart rate changes and seizure semiology, lateralization, and ictal onset zone
From: Frequency of peri-ictal apnea and cardiac arrhythmias in epileptic seizures
| Â | Arrhythmia | Chi-Square | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tachycardia | Bradycardia | |||||
N | % | N | % | χ2 | P value | |
Type of seizure semiology | ||||||
 FOIA motor onset with automatism | 9 | 28.13 | 3 | 100.00 | 45.688 | <0.001* |
 FOIA nonmotor onset | 6 | 18.75 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
 FOIA motor onset hyperkinetic or FOA motor onset tonic or cloni | 4 | 12.50 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
 FBTCS | 7 | 21.88 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
 Absence | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
 GTCs | 2 | 6.25 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
 Non convulsive seizure | 4 | 12.50 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Ictal onset zone | ||||||
 Frontal | 6 | 18.75 | 0 | 0.00 | 64.630 | <0.001* |
 Temporal | 24 | 75.00 | 3 | 100.00 | ||
 Parietal | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
 Generalized | 2 | 6.25 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
Seizure lateralization | ||||||
 Left | 17 | 53.13 | 0 | 0.00 | 26.049 | <0.001* |
 Right | 13 | 40.63 | 3 | 100.00 | ||
 Generalized | 2 | 6.25 | 0 | 0.00 | ||