A Comparative Study of the Effects of Valproate and Oxcarbazepine on Sexual Function, Sperm Quality, and Sex Hormones in Males with Epilepsy

Table 1

Comparison of baseline data between the epilepsy group and the control group.

	Epilepsy group	Control group
Enrollment No. (patients)	44	30	—
Age (years old)^a			NS
BMI (kg/m^2)^a			NS
Marriage rate (patients)^b	19 (43%)	26 (87%)	<0.001
Fertility rate (patients)^b	7 (16%)	21 (70%)	<0.001
Sexual life history (patients)^b	38 (86%)	28 (93%)	NS

^aCompared using the test. ^bCompared using the chi-square test.