Table 4. Comparison of efficacy between the KD group and AEDs group.
| Group | 3 months | 6 months | 9 months | 12 months | 18 months | 24 months | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valid (%) | Invalid (%) | Valid (%) | Invalid (%) | Valid (%) | Invalid (%) | Valid (%) | Invalid (%) | Valid (%) | Invalid (%) | Valid (%) | Invalid (%) | ||||||
| KD group | 81 (79.41) | 21 (20.59) | 78 (79.59) | 20 (20.41) | 77 (81.05) | 18 (18.95) | 73 (81.11) | 17 (18.89) | 67 (77.01) | 20 (22.99) | 63 (78.75) | 17 (21.25) | |||||
| AEDs group | 58 (59.18) | 40 (40.82) | 58 (60.42) | 38 (39.58) | 55 (59.78) | 37 (40.22) | 53 (59.55) | 36 (40.45) | 51 (59.30) | 35 (40.70) | 44 (53.01) | 39 (46.99) | |||||
| P value | 0.002 | 0.004 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.012 | 0.001 | |||||||||||
KD, ketogenic diet; AEDs, anti-epileptic drugs.