Research Article
Sociodemographic, Electrophysiological, and Biochemical Profiles in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and/or Epilepsy
Table 4
Different seizure types in the epilepsy and ADHD with epilepsy groups.
| Type of seizure | Epilepsy () | ADHD + epilepsy () | Total () | Test | value | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | Fisher’s exact |
| Generalized | 22 | 88.0 | 21 | 84.0 | 43 | 86.0 | 0.17 | 0.68 | Partial | 3 | 12.0 | 4 | 16.0 | 7 | 14.0 |
| Types of generalized seizures | | | Tonic clonic | 12 | 54.5 | 8 | 38.1 | 20 | 46.5 | 1.17 | 0.28 | Clonic | 5 | 22.7 | 3 | 14.3 | 8 | 18.6 | 0.51 | 0.47 | Tonic | 2 | 9.1 | 2 | 9.5 | 4 | 9.3 | 0.23 | 0.63 | Myoclonic | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23.8 | 5 | 11.6 | 5.93 | 0.01 | Absence | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14.3 | 3 | 7.0 | 3.38 | 0.06 | Infantile spasm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Mixed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Atonic | 3 | 13.7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7.0 | 3.08 | 0.07 | Total | 22 | 100 | 21 | 100 | 43 | 100 | — | — |
| Types of partial seizures | Fisher’s exact | | Complex | 0 | 0 | 4 | 100 | 4 | 57.1 | 7.00 | 0.008 | Focal with secondary generalization | 3 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 42.9 | Total | 3 | 100 | 4 | 100 | 7 | 100 |
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: Pearson’s chi-square test. Significant ( ). |