Ketogenic Diet Decreases Emergency Room Visits and Hospitalizations Related to Epilepsy

Table 1

Patients’ characteristics.

Total number	37
Gender
Male	21 (57%)
Female	16 (43%)
Age at epilepsy onset (yr)	2.75 ± 1.46
Age at KD initiation (yr)	4.0 ± 2.78
Duration of treatment with KD (mo)	34.67 ± 17.89
Number of AEDs used prior to KD	3–7 (mean 4.25)
Number of AEDs used after KD	0–4 (mean 2.32)

These values are the mean ± SD.
KD: ketogenic diet; AEDs: antiepileptic drugs.