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

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Urine ketones formed <i>n</i>(%)</td><td class="align_center">End of month 1<br/><i>n</i> = 31 (%)</td><td class="align_center">End of month 3<br/><i>n</i> = 13 (%)</td><td class="align_center">End of month 6<br/><i>n</i> = 9 (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="4">Ketone average</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> ≥4</td><td class="align_center">29 (93.5)</td><td class="align_center">11 (84.61)</td><td class="align_center">7 (77.8)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"> &lt;4</td><td class="align_center">2 (6.45)</td><td class="align_center">2 (15.39)</td><td class="align_center">2 (22.2)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Urinary ketones formed from urine dipstick examination during subjects undergoing the MAD ketogenic diet.</div>

Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism

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