Risk Factors for Drug Resistance in Epileptic Children with Age of Onset above Five Years: A Case-Control Study

Table 1

Characteristics of subjects in the case and control groups.

Characteristics	Case	Control	Total
Sex
Male	11 (34.4%)	11 (34.4%)	22 (34.4%)
Female	21 (65.6%)	21 (65.6%)	42 (65.6%)
Age (mean [SD] in months)	143.72 (35.21)	145.48 (32.87%)
Age groups ()
>5–9 years	6 (18.8%)	6 (18.8%)	12 (18.8%)
>9–14 years	18 (56.2%)	18 (56.2%)	36 (56.2%)
>14 years	8 (25.0%)	8 (25.0%)	16 (25.0%)
Age of onset (mean [SD] in months)	92.19 (25.70)	104.41 (31.51)
Average number of drugs used	3.19	1.09
Monotherapy	30 (93.75%)	0 (0%)	30 (46.87%)
Polytherapy	2 (6.25%)	32 (100%)	34 (53.13%)

All comparisons between both groups were not statistically significant () except for the number of drugs used ().