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Table 3 Comparison between monotherapy and polytherapy

From: Genetic generalized epilepsy: factors associated with drug resistance polytherapy

 

Monotherapy

Polytherapy

P value

Count

%

Count

%

Gender

     

 Male

169

46.0%

128

48.7%

0.516

 Female

198

54.0%

135

51.3%

Febrile convulsions

     

 Yes

23

6.3%

13

4.9%

0.48

 No

344

93.7%

250

95.1%

Family history

     

 Yes

48

13.1%

32

12.2%

0.735

 No

319

86.9%

231

87.8%

Syndrome

     

 CAE

19

5.2%

19

7.2%

0.2

 JAE

82

22.3%

75

28.5%

0.02

 JME

193

52.6%

121

46.0%

0.1

 GTCs only

64

17.4%

31

11.8%

0.06

 MAS

7

1.9%

12

4.6%

0.1

 Myoclonic absence

2

0.5%

5

1.9%

0.02

No. of seizure types

     

 1

109

29.7%

59

22.4%

 < 0.001

 2

233

63.5%

153

58.2%

 3

25

6.8%

51

19.4%

Absence seizure

     

 Yes

120

32.7%

140

53.2%

 < 0.001

 No

247

67.3%

123

46.8%

Myoclonic seizure

     

 Yes

214

58.3%

154

58.6%

0.951

 No

153

41.7%

109

41.4%

GTCs

     

 Yes

316

86.1%

224

85.2%

0.742

 No

51

13.9%

39

14.8%

Nocturnal seizures

     

 Yes

39

10.6%

61

23.2%

 < 0.001

 No

328

89.4%

202

76.8%

Clusters

     

 Yes

23

6.3%

37

14.1%

0.001

 No

344

93.7%

226

85.9%

Catamenial seizures (females)

     

 Yes

4

2.0%

14

10.4%

0.002

 No

194

98.0%

121

89.6%

H\O CAE

     

 Yes

8

2.2%

14

5.3%

0.034

 No

359

97.8%

249

94.7%

NCSE

     

 Yes

6

1.6%

11

4.2%

0.052

 No

361

98.4%

252

95.8%

Status epilepticus

     

 Yes

2

0.5%

3

1.1%

0.654

 No

365

99.5%

260

98.9%

Focal semiology

     

 Yes

16

4.4%

19

7.2%

0.122

 No

351

95.6%

244

92.8%

Psychiatric comorbidities

     

 Yes

35

9.5%

27

10.3%

0.762

 No

332

90.5%

236

89.7%

Sleep deprivation-induced seizures

     

 Yes

81

22.1%

72

27.4%

0.126

 No

286

77.9%

191

72.6%

EEG focal features

     

 Yes

21

5.7%

31

11.8%

0.006

 No

346

94.3%

232

88.2%

Active EEGs

     

 Yes

56

15.3%

66

25.1%

0.002

 No

311

84.7%

197

74.9%

Photoparoxysmal response

     

 Yes

10

2.7%

5

1.9%

0.504

 No

357

97.3%

258

98.1%

OFF medication last visit

     

 Yes

51

13.9%

18

6.8%

0.005

 No

316

86.1%

245

93.2%

Achievement of at least 5 years remission on AEDs

     

 Yes

251

76.8%

121

52.8%

 < 0.001

 No

76

33.2%

108

47.1%

Achievement of at least 5 years remission off AEDs

     

 Yes

45

13.8%

10

4.4%

0.001

 No

282

86.2%

219

95.6%

  1. CAE childhood absence epilepsy, JAE juvenile absence epilepsy, JME juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, GTCs generalized tonic clonic seizures, MAS myoclonic astatic seizures, EEG electroencephalography, AED antiepileptic drug, NCSE non-convulsive statue epilepticus