Comparison of patients with headache to patients without headache.
| Characteristics | Patients with headache n=65 | Patients without headache n=77 | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| n(%) | |||
| Gender (male [%]) | 35 (53.8) | 47 (61) | 0.38 |
| Age (years; mean ± standard deviation) | 11 (±3.1) | 10.6 (±3.2) | 0.22 |
| Type of seizures: Partial (%) | 47 (72.3) | 55 (71.4) | 0.90 |
| Generalized (%) | 18 (27.6) | 22 (28.5) | |
| Epilepsy syndrome: Idiopathic | 54 (83) | 61 (79.2) | 0.55 |
| Symptomatic | 11 (16.9) | 16 (20.7) | |
| Frequent seizures | 24 (36.9) | 29 (37.6) | 0.92 |
| Lobe type seizure: Occipital lobe seizure | 7 (10.7) | 9 (11.6) | 0.86 |
| Temporal lobe seizure | 19 (29.2) | 22 (28.5) | 0.93 |
| Parietal lobe seizure | 3 (4.6) | 5 (6.4) | 0.68 |
| Frontal lobe seizure | 17 (26) | 17 (22) | 0.57 |
| Drug used: Carbamazepine | 25 (38.4) | 30 (38.9) | 0.95 |
| Levetiracetam | 17 (26) | 18 (23.3) | 0.70 |
| Valproic acid | 20 (30.7) | 24 (31) | 0.95 |
| Topiramate | 3 (4.6) | 8 (10.3) | 0.22 |
| Poly-therapy | 14 (21.5) | 11 (14.2) | 0.25 |
| Others anti-epileptic drugs | 13 (20) | 7 (9) | 0.06 |