Cerebral Hemispheric Lateralization Associated with Hippocampal Sclerosis May Affect Interictal Cardiovascular Autonomic Functions in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Table 1

Demographics and resting autonomic parameters of thirty temporal lobe epilepsy patients with hippocampal sclerosis.

Parameters	TLE with left HS ()	TLE with right HS ()	All patients ()	values
	(mean ± SD)	(mean ± SD)	(mean ± SD)
Age (years)	32.47 ± 9.90	32 ± 11.71	32.3 ± 10.40	0.788
Gender (F/M)	14/5	4/7	18/12	0.044
Age of onset of epilepsy (years)	7.37 ± 4.6	8.09 ± 6.8	7.63 ± 5.4	0.682
Duration of illness (years)	25.11 ± 11.75	23.91 ± 11.07	24.67 ± 11.32	0.503
HR (bpm)	63.63 ± 6.78	67.09 ± 9.80	64.90 ± 8.04	0.101
SBP (mm Hg)	109.82 ± 10.27	115.4 ± 11.13	111.87 ±10.76	0.027
DBP (mm Hg)	68.45 ± 12.11	73 ± 7.74	70 ± 10.78	0.057
Frequency seizures	16 ± 13	8 ± 5	12 ± 9	0.003

Values expressed as mean ± SD. is significant if < 0.05. Student’s -test.
SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; HR: heart rate; HS: hippocampal sclerosis; F: female; M: male.