Table 13 Comparison between different groups of polytherapy and control group regarding age, increase in height in 1 year, weight, BMI and DBP
From: Effect of anti-epileptic drugs usage on thyroid profile in Egyptian epileptic children
| Â | Polytherapy | ANOVA | ||||||||||||
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Two | Three | Four | Control | |||||||||||
Mean |  ±  | SD | Mean |  ±  | SD | Mean |  ±  | SD | Mean |  ±  | SD | F | P-value | |
Age (years) | 9.955 |  ±  | 4.117 | 9.756 |  ±  | 4.070 | 9.835 |  ±  | 4.039 | 9.279 |  ±  | 4.348 | 0.278 | 0.841 |
Height in the 1st year (cm) | 128.615 |  ±  | 21.261 | 127.667 |  ±  | 21.897 | 128.500 |  ±  | 25.053 | 126.615 |  ±  | 21.984 | 0.088 | 0.967 |
Height in the 2nd year (cm) | 135.104 |  ±  | 21.391 | 133.685 |  ±  | 22.793 | 133.125 |  ±  | 25.319 | 133.263 |  ±  | 22.204 | 0.071 | 0.975 |
Increase in height in 1 year (cm) | 5.427 |  ±  | 2.299 | 5.907 |  ±  | 2.374 | 4.875 |  ±  | 2.016 | 6.647 |  ±  | 2.204 | 3.402 | 0.019* |
Weight (kg) | 35.052 |  ±  | 15.799 | 37.500 |  ±  | 17.697 | 33.750 |  ±  | 14.863 | 35.288 |  ±  | 19.853 | 0.133 | 0.940 |
BMI | 18.727 |  ±  | 3.770 | 19.670 |  ±  | 3.864 | 18.250 |  ±  | 2.217 | 18.449 |  ±  | 5.514 | 0.463 | 0.709 |
DBP | 72.813 |  ±  | 11.008 | 74.074 |  ±  | 11.269 | 67.500 |  ±  | 6.455 | 68.590 |  ±  | 7.066 | 3.573 | 0.016* |
Tukey's test | ||||||
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| Â | I&II | I&III | I&IV | II&III | II&IV | III&IV |
Age (years) | 0.997 | 1.000 | 0.819 | 1.000 | 0.958 | 0.994 |
Height in the 1st year (cm) | 0.998 | 1.000 | 0.959 | 1.000 | 0.996 | 0.998 |
Height in the 2nd year (cm) | 0.993 | 0.998 | 0.969 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
Increase in height in 1 year (cm) | 0.813 | 0.966 | 0.019* | 0.829 | 0.460 | 0.422 |
Weight (kg) | 0.944 | 0.999 | 1.000 | 0.981 | 0.948 | 0.998 |
BMI | 0.840 | 0.997 | 0.988 | 0.943 | 0.654 | 1.000 |
DBP | 0.941 | 0.685 | 0.064 | 0.543 | 0.042* | 0.996 |