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

Table 3 Sample characteristics of studies comparing eTLE/eFLE patients versus HC

References	Sample characteristics Group size [mean age ± SD; Male:Female]	Social cognition subfunction
Broicher et al., 2012a [18]	eTLE/eFLE = 14 [33.36 ± 11.74; 10:4]	ER, ToM
Broicher et al., 2012a [18]	HC = 29 [33.69 ± 10.94; 13:16]	ER, ToM
Giorgi et al., 2016 [104]	JME = 20 [26.7 ± 6.6; 2:18]	ToM
Giorgi et al., 2016 [104]	HC = 20 [26.2 ± 5.8; 2:18]	ToM
Hu et al., 2016 [87]	eTLE/eFLE = 43 [17.72 ± 5.26; 27:16]	ER, ToM
Hu et al., 2016 [87]	HC = 60 [17.18 ± 5.17; 40:20]	ER, ToM
Morou et al., 2018 [105]	GE = 35 [29.9 ± 11.5; 8:27]	ToM
Morou et al., 2018 [105]	HC = 70 [32.6 ± 10.99; 43:27]	ToM
Realmuto et al., 2015 [88]	IGE = 18 [26.3 ± 7.2; 6:12]	ER, ToM
Realmuto et al., 2015 [88]	HC = 21 [31.95 ± 11.54; 12:9]	ER, ToM
Reynders et al., 2005 [89]	IGE = 10 [32.9 ± 19.31; 4:6]	ER
Reynders et al., 2005 [89]	HC = 12 [39.92 ± 12.87; 6:6]	ER
Schacher et al., 2006 [43]	eTLE/eFLE = 27 [35.9 ± 12.8; 13:14]	ToM
Schacher et al., 2006 [43]	HC = 12 [33.8 ± 12.4; 7:5]	ToM

Abbreviations: IGE Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy, GE Generalized Epilepsy, JME Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy

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