Additional educational needs according to drug exposure subtype. All children
| Type of drug exposure | Mainstream school | Additional needs6-150 |
Odds ratio6-151
(95% CI) |
| No drugs | 156 | 20 | 1.0 |
| Monotherapy | |||
| Valproate | 39 | 17 | 3.40 (1.63–7.10) |
| Carbamazepine | 61 | 2 | 0.26 (0.06–1.15) |
| Others | 29 | 2 | 0.54 (0.12–2.44) |
| Polytherapy | |||
| Including valproate | 28 | 9 | 2.51 (1.04–6.07) |
| Other combinations | 31 | 6 | 1.51 (0.56–4.07) |
| Total | 344 | 56 | |
Overall odds ratio of AEN in all children exposed to any AED compared with those unexposed was 1.49 (95% CI 0.83–2.67).
↵6-150 Any form of additional educational need is included. This includes five children attending mainstream school without additional help who had received a statement of special educational needs.
↵6-151 Odds ratio of additional educational needs of each subgroup exposed to AEDs compared with those unexposed.