Table 1.

Characteristics of children initiated on the ketogenic diet.

	Child one	Child two	Child three
Sex,Age (years)	Male,2.5 years	Male,6.5 years	Male,10 years
Seizure onset	9 months	2 years	4.5 years
Seizure type	Epileptic spasms, atonic seizures and myoclonic seizures	Atypical absence, atonic seizures, frequent episodes of non-convulsive status epilepticus	Tonic, atypical absence
Frequency at time of initiation	Up to 15 clusters of spasms and 3-5 atonic seizures per day	1–2 atonic seizures per day	1–5 per day
Etiology	Genetic-Trisomy 21	Symptomatic- history of encephalitis at age of 2 years	Perinatal injury
Antiseiziure medication at initiation of KD	levetiracetam, valproic acid, lamotrigine	valproic acid, lamotrigine, clonazepam, levetiracetam	valproic acid, lamotrigine, clonazepam
Pre-KD EEG	Diffuse encephalopathy multifocal, generalized, and polyspikes; consistent with hypsarrhythmia pattern primarily in sleep with a relatively better waking record	Diffuse encephalopathy; multifocal spikes	Diffuse encephalopathy; slow spike-and-wave with multifocal spikes and four electroclinical tonic seizures out of sleep captured
Family/parent characteristics
• Caregivers level of education	University	Primary school	Primary school
• Monthly household income	Above K5,000/$300	K1,000‐ K5,000/ $52‐$300)	Below K1000/$52
• Members in household	Father, mother, two elder sisters	Father, mother, three elder brothers	Father, mother, two brothers
• Family diet provider	Mother, sisters and nanny	Mother and elder brother	Mother