The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 4 Comparison between cases and controls regarding thyroid and lipid parameters:

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

	Group						T-test
	Cases			Control			T-test
	Mean	±	SD	Mean	±	SD	T	P-value
T4	0.923	±	0.499	1.752	±	0.159	− 14.293	< 0.001*
TSH	2.014	±	1.734	0.885	±	0.428	5.660	< 0.001*
Total cholesterol	190.226	±	34.320	85.641	±	18.787	25.072	< 0.001*
Triglyceride	119.787	±	34.112	110.474	±	23.744	2.161	0.032*
HDL-cholesterol	40.626	±	10.883	57.372	±	4.358	− 13.062	< 0.001*
LDL-cholesterol	127.884	±	31.300	78.269	±	13.275	13.395	< 0.001*

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

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