Table 3

Drugs used for treatment and urinary NAGir results of patients receiving monotherapy or combined therapy

DrugNo. of casesPathological NAGirNAGir
(mean + SD)
Monotherapy
 Carbamazepine2360.79 + 0.413-150
 Valproic acid2091.23 + 0.953-150
 Ethosuximide100.70
Combined therapy
 Carbamazepine + valproic acid831.31 + 0.79
 Carbamazepine + other932.04 + 1.77
 Valproic acid + other1141.24 + 0.81
  • Results for monotherapy analysed by Welch's d test;

  • 3-150 p > 0.05.

  • Results for combined therapy analysed by one way analysis of variance; p > 0.1.