Clinical and electroencephalogram characteristics and treatment outcomes in children with benign epilepsy and centrotemporal spikes

Table 2 Comparison of electroencephalogram characteristics of children of different sexes and ages

Group	Number of cases	Awake and sleep discharge (%)	Spike/sharp wave unilateral discharge (%)	Discharge generalization (%)
Gender
Man	66	42 (63.64)	55 (83.33)	19 (28.79)
Woman	40	28 (70.00)	31 (77.50)	14 (35.00)
χ2		0.450	0.554	0.448
P value		0.502	0.457	0.503
Age
≤ 7 yr	34	25 (73.53)	26 (76.47)	11 (32.35)
> 7 yr	72	45 (62.50)	60 (83.33)	22 (30.56)
χ2		1.253	0.711	0.035
P value		0.263	0.399	0.852