Table 1

Demographic data of the control and the patient groups.

VariablenAge (years) mean ± SDTotal brain volume (cm3) mean ± SDP-valueCC PAL (%) mean ± SDP-value
Groups
 Control2626.9 ± 18.3969.6 ± 68.3NS11.5 ± 2.2<0.0001
 Patients with TLE2534.2 ± 19.6941.4 ± 65.08.9 ± 2.4
Age of control group
 < 25 years of age1817.1 ± 5.20966.1 ± 79.3NS11.6 ± 2.2NS
 ≥ 25 years of age849 ± 18977.5 ± 35.411.2 ± 2.4
Age of patients with TLE
 < 25 years of age1017.4 ± 6.80942.2 ± 63.7NS11.6 ± 1.0<0.0001
 ≥ 25 years of age1548.0 ± 12.9940.9 ± 68.17.2 ± 1.2
During of TLE
 <10 years1222.3 ± 13.1943.0 ± 61.3NS10.8 ± 2.0<0.0001
 ≥10 years1348.2 ± 13.9940.0 ± 70.87.2 ± 1.3
  • Values are means ± SD. CC - corpus callosum, PAL - projection area length, TLE - temporal lobe epilepsy, P-value shows comparison between 2 groups, NS - non significant