Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of enrolled PWE.

From: Downregulation of peripheral PTGS2/COX-2 in response to valproate treatment in patients with epilepsy

Demographic and clinical characteristics

Drug-free

(n = 13)

On VA therapy

VA Responders

(n = 15)

VA Non-responders

(n = 8)

Male: Female ratio

7/6

9/6

4/4

Age, median (IQR), years

18.0 (14.0–23.0)

23.0 (19.5–26.0)

20.0 (17.0–28.0)

Age at onset, median (IQR), years

14.0 (13.0–18.0)

13.0 (12.0–16.0)

13.0 (7.0–17.0)

BMI, median (IQR), kg/m2

16.9 (15.8–19.4)

21.9 (19.1–25.4)

19.2 (18.0–22.1)

Treatment duration, median (IQR), months

22.0 (16.0–29.8)

20.5 (16.0–26.3)

Maintenance dose [mg/day]

median (IQR)

800 (400–1000)

800 (800–1050)

Dosage [(mg/day)/kg]

median (IQR)

16.3 (11.4–17.5)

16.7 (15.8–20.4)

Serum drug level [mg/L]

median (IQR)

83.7 (76.1–103.4)

(72.2–96.2)

Dose corrected serum drug level [(mg/L)/[(mg/day)/kg]]

median (IQR)

5.3 (4.9–10.1)

5.3 (4.6–6.5)

  1. n: number of samples; IQR: Interquartile range; VA: valproate.