The Effectiveness of Modified Atkins Ketogenic Diet on Children with Intractable Epilepsy: A Pilot Study from Indonesia

Table 1

Characteristics of research subjects.

Subject characteristics	Total n = 31 (%)
Gender (%)
Male	14 (45.2)
Female	17 (54.8)
Seizure age (months), median	17 (6–69)
Age (months), median	105 (28–198)
The amount of OAE taken before the diet, n (%)
2 drugs	3 (9.7)
3 drugs	22 (71.0)
4 drugs	4 (12.9)
>4 drugs	2 (6.5)
Nutritional status, n (%)
Well	19 (61.3)
Not enough	12 (38.7)
Associated disease, n (%)
Intellectual disability	17 (54.8)
Cerebral palsy	7 (21.6)
Impaired vision	1 (3.2)
Sleep/eating disturbances	2 (6.5)
Hyperactive/aggressive	1 (3.2)
Microcephaly	3 (9.7)
MRI/CT scan results, n (%)
Normal	1 (3.2)
Abnormal	30 (96.8)
EEG results, n (%)
Normal	7 (22.6)
Abnormal	24 (77.4)
Seizure type, n (%)
Tonic	8 (25.8)
Clonic	1 (3.2)
Clonic tonic	13 (41.9)
Focal	4 (12.9)
Myoclonic	2 (6.5)
Atonic	3 (9.7)
Seizure frequency before ketogenic diet/month	120 (30–150)