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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 19.
Published in final edited form as: Neurology. 2008 Apr 29;70(18):1586–1593. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000310981.44676.de

Table 3.

Within-group change in biochemical indices of bone mineral metabolism

Antiepileptic drug group
CBZ
LTG
PHT
VPA
Baseline 1 Year Baseline 1 Year Baseline 1 Year Baseline 1 Year
Serum Ca 9.5 ± 0.5 9.6 ± 0.5 10.0 ± 0.4 10.0 ± 0.0.4 9.6 ± 0.4 9.6 ± 0.3 9.4 ± 0.9 9.6 ± 0.4

25-OHD 25.3 ± 6.8 23.4 ± 7.2 23.8 ± 6.5 25.2 ± 7.0 23.3 ± 11.5 23.8 ± 10.7 25.9 ± 13.1 27.7 ± 15.7

1,25(OH)2D 37.8 ± 14.1 36.0 ± 11.6 35.9 ± 14.9 41.4 ± 13.5 33.4 ± 12.2 32.5 ± 9.6 32.2 ± 14.6 36.3 ± 19.4

PTH 25.4 ± 9.6 29.8 ± 18.5 28.2 ± 14.9 24.4 ± 13.2 26.3 ± 13.0 32.0 ± 17.2 22.7 ± 12.4 22.0 ± 12.3

BSAP 23.0 ± 6.5 23.1 ± 7.3 19.6 ± 6.5 20.8 ± 6.8 22.6 ± 5.9 26.0 ± 5.7 18.6 ± 6.2 18.8 ± 7.9

Osteocalcin 8.2 ± 3.3 9.0 ± 3.9 9.2 ± 3.3 9.4 ± 3.3 8.3 ± 4.9 8.7 ± 4.2 10.1 ± 4.6 9.0 ± 3.2

Serum NTx 12.2 ± 2.2 12.5 ± 3.3 12.4 ± 2.8 13.8 ± 4.2 12.9 ± 2.3 14.0 ± 1.8 12.5 ± 3.0 13.2 ± 2.0

Urine NTx 42.4 ± 24.5 43.4 ± 27.9 35.0 ± 18.2 35.3 ± 17.8 55.9 ± 44.1 45.4 ± 25.1* 50.4 ± 31.2 43.8 ± 24.4

Data are expressed as mean ± SD.

*

Within-drug group change from baseline p value < 0.05.

CBZ = carbamazepine; LTG = lamotrigine; PHT = phenytoin; VPA = valproate; 25-OHD = 25-hydroxyvitamin D; 1,25(OH)2D = 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D; PTH = parathyroid hormone; BSAP = bone-specific alkaline phosphatase; NTx = cross-linked N-telopeptide of type I bone collagen.