Table 2.
Association of having seizure with the different outcomes of interest.
Outcomes | Pre-existing seizure/epilepsy |
New-onset seizure |
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Estimatea | 95 % Confidence Interval | p value | Adjusted estimateb | 95 % Confidence Interval | p value | Estimatea | 95 % Confidence Interval | p value | Adjusted estimateb | 95 % Confidence Interval | p value | |
Dichotomous outcomes | ||||||||||||
Severe/critical COVID-19c | 1·78 | 0·83, 3·78 | 0·136 | 2·18 | 0·94, 5·08 | 0·070 | 3·03 | 2·08, 4·40 | <0·001 | 2·65 | 1·75.4·00 | <0·001 |
Full/partial improvement of neurologic deficit/s | 0·43 | 0·11, 1·63s | 0·215 | 0·58 | 0·14, 2·45 | 0·454 | 0·50 | 0·30, 0·84 | 0·008 | 0·67 | 0·37, 1·21 | 0·184 |
All-cause mortality | 1·89 | 0·80, 4·48 | 0·147 | 1·74 | 0·63, 4·81 | 0·286 | 4·49 | 3·15, 6·42 | <0·001 | 3·12 | 1·99, 4·88 | <0.001 |
Use of a ventilator | 2·02 | 0·85, 4·79 | 0·109 | 1·48 | 0·52, 4·15 | 0·460 | 5·49 | 3.85, 7·83 | <0·001 | 3·51 | 2·24, 5·50 | <0·001 |
Prolonged duration of ventilator dependence (≥6 days) | 0·25 | 0·06, 1·08 | 0·063 | 0·35 | 0·08, 1·58 | 0·173 | 0·20 | 0·11, 0·38 | <0·001 | 0·34 | 0·17, 0·65 | 0·001 |
ICU admission | 0·91 | 0·32, 2·64 | 0·867 | 0·57 | 0·18, 1·84 | 0·347 | 4·99 | 3·50, 7·11 | <0·001 | 3·28 | 2·10, 5·11 | <0·001 |
Prolonged length of hospital stay (≥15 days) | 0·64 | 0·28, 1·47 | 0·295 | 0·60 | 0·26, 1·38 | 0·230 | 1·67 | 1·17, 2·37 | 0·005 | 1·44 | 1·00, 2·07 | 0·050 |
Time-to-event outcomes | ||||||||||||
All-cause mortality | 2·14 | 1·02, 4·49 | 0·045 | 1·81 | 0·86, 3·81 | 0·119 | 2·33 | 1·78, 3·04 | <0·001 | 1·59 | 1·20, 2·09 | 0·001 |
ICU admission | 0·98 | 0·37, 2·61 | 0·964 | 0·71 | 0·26, 1·89 | 0·488 | 3·81 | 2·95, 4·93 | <0·001 | 2·13 | 1·63, 2·77 | <0·001 |
Use of a ventilator | 1·85 | 0·88, 3·89 | 0·103 | 1·27 | 0·60, 2·68 | 0·534 | 3·96 | 3·06, 5·13 | <0·001 | 2·05 | 1·56, 2·68 | <0·001 |
COVID-19 – coronavirus disease 2019; ICU – intensive care unit.
Odds ratio for dichotomous outcomes, and hazard ratio for time-to-event outcomes.
Adjusted for age, comorbidities with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, chronic cardiac disease, cerebrovascular disease, and COVID-19 severity at nadir.
Adjusted only for age, and comorbidities with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, chronic cardiac disease, and cerebrovascular disease.