The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 8 Comparison between epileptic children on monotherapy, polytherapy and control group regarding thyroid and lipid parameters

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

	Treatment									ANOVA		Tukey's test
	Monotherapy			Polytherapy			Control			ANOVA		Tukey's test
	Mean	±	SD	Mean	±	SD	Mean	±	SD	F	P-value	I&II	I&III	II&III
T4	0.967	±	0.438	0.881	±	0.551	1.752	±	0.159	103.243	< 0.001*	0.408	< 0.001*	< 0.001*
TSH	2.277	±	1.753	1.761	±	1.688	0.885	±	0.428	18.839	< 0.001*	0.065	< 0.001*	< 0.001*
Total cholesterol	189.868	±	30.726	190.570	±	37.650	85.641	±	18.787	312.972	< 0.001*	0.988	< 0.001*	< 0.001*
Triglyceride	120.842	±	35.321	118.772	±	33.101	110.474	±	23.744	2.412	0.092	0.910	0.099	0.218
HDL-cholesterol	40.461	±	10.523	40.785	±	11.283	57.372	±	4.358	84.981	< 0.001*	0.974	< 0.001*	< 0.001*
LDL-cholesterol	126.276	±	29.978	129.430	±	32.638	78.269	±	13.275	89.804	< 0.001*	0.743	< 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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