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Table 1 Sample characteristics of studies comparing TLE patients versus HC

From: Toward social neuropsychology of epilepsy: a meta-analysis on social cognition in epilepsy phenotypes and a critical narrative review on assessment methods

References

Sample characteristics

Group size [mean age ± SD; Male:Female]

Social cognition: subfunction

Ahs et al., 2014 [82]

lMTLE = 9 [44.8 ± 12.5; 2:7]

ER

rMTLE = 8 [47.7 ± 9.4; 4:4]

HC = 19 [46.1 ± 14; 9:10]

Amlerova et al., 2014 [58]

lpreTL = 24 [33 ± 10; 12:12]

ER, ToM

lpostTL = 13 [33 ± 7; 6:7]

rpreTL = 22 [41 ± 11; 14:8]

rpostTL = 15 [35 ± 8; 13:2]

HC = 20 [33 ± 13; 6:14]

Anderson et al., 2000 [83]

lTL = 11 [32 ± 8; 3:8]

ER

rTL = 12 [38 ± 8; 4:8]

HC = 23 [38 ± 8; 7:16]

Arani et al., 2020 [84]

TLE = 60 [n.a. ± n.a.; n.a.] (age range: 20–50 years)

ER

HC = 60 [n.a. ± n.a.; n.a.]

Bala et al., 2018 [91]

ATL = 19 [35.94 ± 6.85; 10:9]

ToM

MTLE = 21 [33.09 ± 11.41; 9:12]

HC = 20 [30.23 ± 11.49; 10:10]

Batut et al., 2006 [85]

lMTLE = 6 [37 ± 12; n.a.]

ER

rMTLE = 6 [34 ± 11; n.a.]

HC = 15 [n.a. ± n.a.; 6:9]

Bauer et al., 2019 [85]

TLE = 17 [38.2 ± 14.8; 9:8]

ER, ToM

HC = 51 [36.8 ± 10.9; 25:26]

Benuzzi et al., 2004 [86]

lMTLE = 5 [30.4 ± 7.2; 3:2]

ER

rMTLE = 8 [35.7 ± 7.2; 4:4]

HC = 14 [n.a. ± n.a.; 7:7] (age range 21–27 years)

Bonora et al., 2011 [59]

MTLE = 41 [48.05 ± 11.50; 17:24]

ER

HC = 50 [34.9 ± 9.18; 20/30]

Boucher et al., 2015 [60]

ATL = 15 [38.7 ± 10.3; 7:8]

ER, ToM

IR = 15 [37.6 ± 8.6; 6:9]

HC = 20 [36.1 ± 10.2; 10:10]

Brierley et al., 2004 [61]

ATL = 28 [37.4 ± n.a.; 12:16]

ER

HC = 32 [n.a.]

*Broicher et al., 2012a [18]

MTLE = 28 [34.4313.25; 12:16]

ER, ToM

HC = 29 [33.69 ± 10.94; 13:16]

Broicher et al., 2012b [97]

MTLE = 28 [37.43 ± 12.60; 11:17]

ToM

HC = 18 [31.22 ± 5.81; 6:12]

Carvajal et al., 2009 [62]

lTL = 20 [35.4 ± 9.6; 10:10]

ER

rTL = 23 [35 ± 12.1; 10:13]

HC = 43 [53.7 ± 14.9; 20:23]

Cohn et al., 2015 [63]

lTLE = 24 [38.9 ± 11.9; 13:11]

ER, ToM

rTLE = 26 [38 ± 13.7; 14:12]

lATL = 18 [42.5 ± 12.9; 11:7]

rATL = 19 [38.9 ± 9.6; 7:12]

HC = 15 [38.3 ± 8.6; 5:10]

Glogau et al., 2004 [64]

MTLE = 28 [37.43 ± 12.6; 11:17]

ER

HC = 18 [31.22 ± 5.81; 6:12]

Giovagnoli et al., 2009 [92]

TLE = 21 [39.67 ± 14.41, 11:10]

ToM

HC = 21 [41.81 ± 16.7; 8:13]

*Giovagnoli et al., 2011 [101]

lTLE = 62 [35.96 ± 11.64; 24:38]

ToM

rTLE = 47 [38.33 ± 10.64; 20:27]

HC = 69 [52.03 ± 17.04; 29:40]

*Giovagnoli et al., 2013 [42]

TLE = 54 [37.80 ± 9.20; 26:28]

ToM

HC = 42 [n.a. ± 12.61; 18:24] (age range 40–64)

Giovagnoli et al., 2016 [98]

eTLE = 31 [31.87 ± 9.4; 19:12]

ToM

lTLE = 54 [34.91 ± 10.23; 33:21]

HC = 40 [36.05 ± 9.64; 29:11]

Giovagnoli et al., 2020 [99]

TLE = 50 [40.8 ± 12.98; 19:31]

ToM

HC = 50 [39.20 ± 13.32; 21:29]

Gomez-Ibanez et al., 2014 [65]

MTLE = 19 [41.9 ± 10.6; 8:11]

ER

HC = 23 [37.3 ± 10.7; 7:16]

Gosselin et al., 2011 [66]

TL = 14 [42.1 ± n.a.; 8:8]

ER

HC = 16 [n.a.]

Hennion et al., 2015a [100]

TLE = 50 [42.4 ± 11.82; 23:27]

ToM

HC = 50 [42.81 ± 12.46; 23:27]

Hennion et al., 2015b [67]

TLE = 50 [42.4 ± 11.82; 23:27]

ER

HC = 50 [42.81 ± 12.46; 23:27]

Hennion et al., 2016 [93]

rMTLE = 12 [42.09 ± 12.62; 8:4]

ToM

lMTLE = 13 [42.54 ± 9.6; 6:7]

HC = 25 [42.5 ± 12.3; 14:11]

Hlobil et al., 2008 [68]

r/preATL = 24 [28.8 ± 11.4; 10:14]

ER

l/preATL = 12 [29.5 ± 7.4; 3:9]

r/postATL = 21 [33.4 ± 10.5; 10:11]

l/postATL = 19 [30.1 ± 11.7; 9:10]

HC = 28 [31.1 ± 12.3; 17:11]

Huang et al., 2020 [69]

MTLE-TLS = 20 [52.3 ± n.a.; 12:8]

ER

HC = 12 [54.7 ± n.a.; 5:7]

Li et al., 2013 [94]

lTLE = 11 [37.55 ± 14.7; 5:6]

ToM

rTLE = 13 [43.31 ± 11.83; 8:5]

bTLE = 7 [46.14 ± 13.07; 5:2]

HC = 24 [37.75 ± 16.77; 13:11]

McClelland et al., 2006 [75]

(l/e)ATL = 12 [30.3 ± n.a.; n.a.]

ER

HC = 10 [30.4 ± n.a.; 5:5]

Meletti et al., 2003 [41]

MTLE = 33 [36.1 ± 10.6; 13:20]

ER

TLE = 30 [35.8 ± 10.7; 12:18]

HC = 50 [34, n.a.; 18:32]

Meletti et al., 2009 [70]

MTLE = 140 [38.6 ± 9.9; 63:77]

ER

TLE = 36 [37.1 ± 11.6; 16:20]

HC = 50 [34.9 ± 9.1; 20:30]

Meletti et al., 2014 [71]

ATL = 42 [45.3 ± 11.3; 25:17]

ER

HC = 39 [44 ± 11.5; 22:17]

Okruszek et al., 2017 [95]

MTLE = 31 [30.9 ± 7.7; 14:17]

ToM

HC = 47 [32.3 ± 9.1; 25:22]

Palermo et al., 2010 [72]

lTL = 7 [46 ± 10; 1:6]

ER

rTL = 8 [44.6 ± 6; 3:5]

HC = 13 [43 ± 13; 7:6]

*Realmuto et al., 2015 [88]

TLE = 21 [37 ± 12.5; 8:13]

ER, ToM

HC = 21 [31.95 ± 11.54; 12:9]

*Reynders et al., 2005 [89]

IF-TLE = 13 [39.23 ± 9.72; 8:5]

ER

TLE = 14 [39.57 ± 12.36; 7:7]

HC = 12 [39.92 ± 12.87; 6:6]

Rotshtein et al., 2010 [76]

aMTLE = 7 [34.5 ± n.a.; 3:4]

ER

MTLE = 10 [37.7 ± n.a.; 5:5]

HC = 13 [31.6 ± n.a.; 6:7]

*Schacher et al., 2006 [43]

MTLE = 27 [36.5 ± 10.7; 13:14]

Schacher

HC = 12 [33.8 ± 12.4; 7:5]

Sedda et al., 2013 [73]

rTLE = 24 [35.33 ± 11.06; 14:10]

ER

lTLE = 32 [38.31 ± 12.11; 18:14]

HC = 54 [35.7 ± 11.35; 23:31]

Shaw et al., 2007 [74]

rATL = 10 [41 ± 9; 5:5]

ER, ToM

lATL = 9 [33 ± 11; 3:6]

HC = 19 [33 ± 11; 6:13]

Szaflarski et al., 2014 [77]

lTLE = 34 [41 ± 12; 7:27]

ER

HC = 30 [39 ± 11; 8:22]

Szaflarski et al., 2018 [78]

TLE = 12 [40 ± 12; 2:10]

ER

HC = 24 [36 ± 11; 4:20]

Tanaka et al., 2013 [79]

MTLE = 63 [41.5 ± n.a.; 32:31]

ER

postTL = 25 [43 ± n.a.; 9:16]

HC = 32 [33 ± n.a.; 7:25]

Walpole et al., 2008 [80]

TLE = 16 [45.31 ± 11.81; 9:7]

ER

HC = 14 [43.86 ± 10.92; 6:8]

Wang et al., 2015 [96]

TLE = 67 [32.19 ± 10.22; 36:31]

ToM

HC = 30 [33.4 ± 9.57; 16:14]

Wendling et al., 2015 [81]

SAH = 27 [41.38 ± 8.3; 10:17]

ER

ATL = 33 [40.12 ± 9.12; 17:16]

HC = 30 [40.58 ± 4.78; 15:15]

  1. Asterisks indicate that the study additionally included either FLE or eTLE/eFLE patients and was therefore included in the corresponding subgroup in the statistical meta-analysis.
  2. Abbreviations: (A/r/l/pre/post) (l/e) TL (Anterior/right/left/pre-/postsurgical) (late/early onset) Temporal Lobectomy, HC Healthy Control group, IR Insula surgery, n. a. data not available, (b/l/r) (pre/post) (e/l) (a) (M) (IF) TLE (bilateral/left/right) (pre-/postsurgical) (early/late onset) (with structural amygdala damage) (Mesial) (with Ictal Fear) Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, SAH Selective Amygdalohippocampectomy, TLS Temporal Lobe Surgery