Table 3 Carnitine level in different study groups (upper part of the table) and proportion of patients with normal and low carnitine level (lower part of the table)
From: Carnitine deficiency in epileptic children treated with a diversity of anti-epileptic regimens
Carnitine level | p | ||||
Mean | SD | ||||
Cases (n = 50) | 38.1 nmol/ml | ± 29.4 | 0.04 | ||
Control (n = 40) | 52.2 nmol/ml | ± 36.2 | |||
Carnitine level | Cases (n = 50) | Control (n = 40) | p | ||
No. | % | No. | % | ||
Normal | 18 | 36% | 24 | 60% | 0.03 |
Low | 32 | 64% | 16 | 40% | |