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Table 1 Clinical parameters of children with epilepsy

From: The impact of the use of antiepileptic drugs on the growth of children

 

VPA

OXA

TPM

LTG

Control

pvalue

Subject number

27

30

19

8

30

 

Age (mean ± SD)

9.59 ± 3.90

10.43 ± 3.73

9.74 ± 3.28

7.50 ± 3.30

9.10 ± 4.22

0.36

Gender (% Female)

59%

50%

47%

38%

40%

0.64

Height (cm mean ± SD)

129.76 ± 20.00

137.83 ± 20.49

133.79 ± 16.83

123.63 ± 16.95

133.77 ± 23.24

0.4

Weight (kg mean ± SD)

32.26 ± 17.47

37.06 ± 16.29

32.42 ± 14.25

26.81 ± 10.43

33.45 ± 16.60

0.54

BMI (mean ± SD)

18.05 ± 4.19

18.65 ± 3.94

17.28 ± 3.42

17.00 ± 3.09

17.59 ± 4.07

0.69

  1. Age, sex, weight, height, and BMI in epilepsy patients before AED treatment and in the control group.