borderline significancep = 0.058
For females ( N = 23), 18.2% had their first seizure after age 15, a trend in age distribution with borderline significance ( p = 0.058).
For females ( N = 23), 18.2% had their first seizure after age 15, a trend in age distribution with borderline significance ( p = 0.058).
Thus, the marginally significant chi-square ( p = 0.058) for a different male–female distribution of age of seizure onset may be due to the relatively small number of females with seizures in the cohort.
Studies investigating the association of seizures with other disease features in FXS include a small cohort which showed a trend toward an increased rate of seizures in individuals who were also diagnosed with ASD ( 26 ) and a second small case series of 11 patients which suggested an association between epilepsy and attention problems ( 27 ).