Research Article
The Effectiveness of Modified Atkins Ketogenic Diet on Children with Intractable Epilepsy: A Pilot Study from Indonesia
Table 4
Laboratory parameters during the MAD ketogenic diet.
| | Laboratory parameters, n(%) | End of month 1
n = 31 (%) | End of month 3
n = 13 (%) | End of month 6
n = 9 (%) |
| | Within normal limits | 30 (94.4) | 7 (53.84) | 5 (55.6) | | Hypercholesterolemia (total cholesterol ≥ 250 mg/dL or triglycerides ≥ 150 mg/dL) | 1 (5.6) | 5 (38.46) | 3 (33.3) | | Increased uric acid (≥7 mg/dL) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (7.6) | 1 (11.1) |
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