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Table 4 Risk factor for case-fatality: logistic regression analysis

From: Seizure in HIV-infected patients: clinical presentation, cause and treatment outcome in Ethiopia—a retrospective study

Factor

n

%

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Age (year)

    

 ≥ 40

20

54.1

1.00

1.00

 < 40

57

52.3

0.932 (0.441–1.968)

0.67o (0.274–1.641)

Sex

    

 Female

35

53.8

1.00

1.00

 Male

42

51.9

0.923 (0.480–1.775)

0.922 (0.429–1.983)

Address

    

 Outside Addis Ababa

10

35.7

1.00

1.00

 Addis Ababa

67

56.8

2.365 (1.006–5.558)

3.428 (1.240–9.479)

Admitted to

    

 Intensive care unit

3

33.3

1.00

1.00

 Ward

74

54

2.349 (0.564–9.778)

2.818 (0.506–15.686)

Seizure started

    

 Before admission

37

44

1.00

1.00

 After admission

40

64.5

2.310 (1.175–4.538)

2.017 (0.889–4.575)

Status epilepticus

    

 No

65

54.2

1.00

1.00

 Yes

12

46.2

0.725 (0.310–1.698)

0.526 (0.156–1.781)

Change in mentation at initial evaluation

    

 No

9

25.7

1.00

1.00

 Yes

68

61.3

4.568 (1.955–10.675)

3.981 (1.475–10.749)

Comatose at initial evaluation

    

 No

44

45.8

1.00

1.00

 Yes

33

66

2.294 (1.128–4.664)

2.035 (0.828–5.005)

CD4 count

    

 ≥ 200

32

58.2

1.00

1.00

 < 200

45

49.5

0.703 (0.358–1.381)

0.730 (0.313–1.703)

Antiretroviral therapy

    

 No

48

57

1.00

1.00

 Yes

29

46.8

0.659 (0.341–1.275)

0.632 (0.268–1.493)