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. 2023 Aug 5;27:308. doi: 10.1186/s13054-023-04592-6

Table 3.

Univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses regarding primary and secondary outcomes (n = 762)

Primary outcomes
Univariable model Multivariable model*
corrected for the influence of both centers
Potential predictors of outcome/confounders
(as identified in Table 1 and as established in the literature)
OR 95% CI p value OR 95% CI p value
Return to premorbid neurologic function
Female sex 0.78 0.59–1.04 0.089 0.75 0.55–1.02 0.070
Age (per every additional year of age) 0.97 0.97–0.98  < 0.001 0.99 0.98–0.99 0.011
Acute intracranial hemorrhage 0.27 0.16–0.46  < 0.001 0.28 0.16–0.48  < 0.001
SE severity (as quantified by the STESS) 0.36 0.27–0.49  < 0.001 0.49 0.33–0.73  < 0.001
SE type 0.90 0.73–1.11 0.313 1.07 0.83–1.38 0.584
In-hospital death
Female sex 1.34 0.77–2.32 0.295 1.40 0.77–2.53 0.268
Age (per every additional year of age) 1.04 1.02–1.06  < 0.001 1.04 1.01–1.06 0.002
Acute intracranial hemorrhage 2.13 1.08–4.20 0.030 1.87 0.89–3.90 0.097
SE severity (as quantified by the STESS) 5.35 2.49–11.49  < 0.001 1.64 0.64–4.23 0.304
SE type 2.85 1.92–4.23  < 0.001 2.77 1.78–4.32  < 0.001
Death at 30 days follow-up
Female sex 1.34 0.77–2.32 0.295 1.27 0.90–1.80 0.177
Age (per every additional year of age) 1.04 1.02–1.06  < 0.001 1.04 1.03–1.05  < 0.001
Acute intracranial hemorrhage 2.13 1.08–4.20 0.030 1.19 0.72–1.97 0.492
SE severity (as quantified by the STESS) 2.05 1.45–2.89  < 0.001 0.96 0.60–1.52 0.849
SE type 1.26 0.99–1.59 0.059 1.44 1.09–1.90 0.010
Secondary outcomes
Univariable model Multivariable model*
corrected for the influence of both centers
Potential influences on treatment decisions
(as identified in Table 1)
OR 95% CI p value OR 95% CI p value
Use of anesthetics
Female sex 0.55 0.41–0.76  < 0.001 0.64 0.45–0.91 0.013
Age (per every additional year of age) 0.97 0.97–0.98  < 0.001 0.98 0.97–0.99  < 0.001
Acute intracranial hemorrhage 1.50 0.96–2.34 0.073 1.32 0.78–2.21 0.299
SE type 2.77 2.18–3.52  < 0.001 3.35 2.57–4.37  < 0.001
Use of mechanical ventilation
Female sex 0.61 0.45–0.82 0.001 0.72 0.52–1.00 0.050
Age (per every additional year of age) 0.98 0.97–0.99  < 0.001 0.98 0.97–0.99  < 0.001
Acute intracranial hemorrhage 2.39 1.54–3.70  < 0.001 2.46 1.50–4.03  < 0.001
SE type 2.84 2.25–3.60  < 0.001 3.11 2.42–3.99  < 0.001

OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; SE = status epilepticus; STESS = status epilepticus severity score

*All Hosmer–Lemeshow goodness-of-fit tests insignificant indicating adequate model fit

Bold font indicates statistical significance (with a p value set at ≤0.05)