Research Article
Compromised Dynamic Cerebral Autoregulation in Patients with Epilepsy
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of patients with epilepsy and the control group.
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| | Age (year) | 32.7 ± 11.8 | 32.1 ± 10.3 | 0.703 | | Gender, male/female | 40/60 | 40/60 | 1 | | Smoking, (%) | 17 (17.0%) | 10 (10.0%) | 0.092 | | Mean blood pressure (mmHg) | 87.3 ± 8.5 | 86.4 ± 7.5 | 0.399 | | Mean MCA velocity | 67.69 ± 12.34 | 64.82 ± 12.41 | 0.102 | | Heart rate (beats/min) | 70.7 ± 8.1 | 70.4 ± 7.6 | 0.773 | | End-tidal CO2 (mmHg) | 37.6 ± 1.7 | 37.1 ± 1.8 | 0.527 | | Discharge types | | | | | Focal discharges, (%) | 44 (44) | | | | Multifocal discharges, (%) | 56 (56) | | | | Epileptic discharge sites | | | | | Temporal region, (%) | 66 (66) | | | | Frontal region, (%) | 13 (13) | | | | Multiple regions, (%) | 21 (21) | | | | Discharge state | | | | | Wake, (%) | 62 (62) | | | | Sleep, (%) | 38 (38) | | | | Interictal EEG discharge wave | | | | | Sharp waves, (%) | 40 (40) | | | | Sharp-wave complex, (%) | 73 (73) | | | | Spikes, (%) | 12 (12) | | | | Spike-wave complex, (%) | 20 (20) | | | | Slow waves, (%) | 16 (16) | | | | AED therapy, (%) | 48 (48) | | |
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MCA, middle cerebral artery; AED, antiepileptic drugs.
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