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Table 1 The demographic and laboratory data of the studied children

From: Influence of conventional antiepileptic drugs on glutathione-S-transferase and lipid peroxidation in children with idiopathic epilepsy

 

Patients

Controls

p value

Age (years)

5.6 ± 3.3

6.9 ± 2.9

0.9

Sex (males/females)

27/23

12/13

0.6

BMI (kg/m2)

20.7 ± 4.16

19.5 ± 3.5

0.2

Age of onset (years)

5.5 ± 3.6

  

Duration of the therapy (years)

2.87 ± 1.87

  

Frequency of seizure/month

2.22 ± 1.037

  

Type of seizure:

Focal

 Simple partial

5(10%)

  

 Complex partial

14(28%)

  

Generalized

 Tonic clonic

29(58%)

  

 Myoclonic

2(4%)

  

 Uncontrolled/controlled seizure

18/32

  

 Chalfont severity scale

28.38 ± 26.06

  

MDA (nmol/ml)

2.3 ± 0.3

1.6 ± 0.22

< 0.001

GST (U/l)

835.2 ± 200.6

1537.6 ± 298.7

< 0.001