| 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 |