The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 12 Comparison between different groups of polytherapy and control group regarding thyroid and lipid parameters

From: Effect of anti-epileptic drugs usage on thyroid profile in Egyptian epileptic children

	Polytherapy												ANOVA
	Two I			Three II			Four III			Control IV			ANOVA
	Mean	±	SD	Mean	±	SD	Mean	±	SD	Mean	±	SD	F	P-value
T4	0.909	±	0.613	0.820	±	0.455	0.963	±	0.415	1.752	±	0.159	59.917	< 0.001*
TSH	1.895	±	1.822	1.648	±	1.482	0.913	±	1.285	0.885	±	0.428	7.514	< 0.001*
Total cholesterol	186.229	±	40.806	199.852	±	29.107	180.000	±	46.904	85.641	±	18.787	165.784	< 0.001*
Triglyceride	115.729	±	30.208	124.630	±	35.671	115.750	±	51.913	110.474	±	23.744	1.644	0.181
HDL-cholesterol	40.375	±	9.890	41.556	±	13.568	40.500	±	13.178	57.372	±	4.358	48.558	< 0.001*
LDL-cholesterol	126.458	±	34.928	134.963	±	28.502	127.750	±	33.500	78.269	±	13.275	55.597	< 0.001*

Tukey's test
	I&II	I&III	I&IV	II&III	II&IV	III&IV
T4	0.804	0.994	< 0.001*	0.915	< 0.001*	0.001*
TSH	0.838	0.421	< 0.001*	0.682	0.031*	1.000
Total cholesterol	0.227	0.978	< 0.001*	0.595	< 0.001*	< 0.001*
Triglyceride	0.576	1.000	0.754	0.940	0.129	0.984
HDL-cholesterol	0.941	1.000	< 0.001*	0.996	< 0.001*	0.001*
LDL-cholesterol	0.491	1.000	< 0.001*	0.949	< 0.001*	0.001*

TSH thyroid stimulating hormone, HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, SD standard deviation, ANOVA analysis of variance. P value < 0.05 statistically significant, P value < 0.01 statistically highly significant

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