Clinical and Paraclinical Screening for Celiac Disease in Children with Intractable Epilepsy

Table 2

The relationship between antiepileptic drugs and gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with intractable epilepsy.

Sodium valproate		Levetiracetam		Phenobarbital		Carbamazepine
Variables	N (%)	value	N (%)	value	N (%)	value	N (%)	value
Constipation	19 (44.2%)	0.462	22 (53.7%)	0.341	21 (61.8%)	0.341	9 (39.1%)	0.315
Abdominal pain	11 (25.6%)	0.376	6 (14.6%)	0.140	10 (29.4%)	0.149	6 (26.1%)	0.545
Anorexia	12 (27.9%)	0.780	11 (26.8%)	1.00	13 (38.2%)	0.028	3 (13.0%)	0.145
Total	43 (100%)		41 (100%)		34 (100%)		23 (100%)