Table 2.

Preoperative variables influencing postoperative improvement. Univariate binary logistic regression modeling for symptomatic improvement after treatment with sTVIP. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, and ***p < 0.001

Variable	Odds ratio of symptomatic improvement	95% CI	p
Age	0.9684	0.9323–1.001	0.0716
Sex
Female	1.75	0.3735–9.900	0.494
Male	0.5713	0.1010–2.677	0.494
Presenting symptoms
Headache	26.25	4.141–521.1	0.0036**
Nausea	4.941	0.7236–99.16	0.1607
Decreased vigilant state	7.154	0.357–143.252	0.1385
Diplopia/decreased visual acuity	1.368	0.2305–10.93	0.738
Seizures	0.619	0.06735–5.673	0.6511
Focal deficits	0.8421	0.1580–4.900	0.8394
Previous therapy
None	4.753	0.1009–355.8	0.4337
Resection	1.645	0.08141–49.51	0.7414
Radiotherapy	3.348	0.1871–142.7	0.4394
Brachytherapy	1.596	0.01587–186.6	0.8374
Chemotherapy	5.515	0.1836–355.7	0.3496
Time to previous therapy	0.9925	0.9379–1.050	0.7811
Time from first diagnosis	1.002	0.9793–1.030	0.8751