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. 2024 Jun 5;10(11):e32461. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e32461

Table 2.

Association of having seizure with the different outcomes of interest.

Outcomes Pre-existing seizure/epilepsy
New-onset seizure
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.

a

Odds ratio for dichotomous outcomes, and hazard ratio for time-to-event outcomes.

b

Adjusted for age, comorbidities with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, chronic cardiac disease, cerebrovascular disease, and COVID-19 severity at nadir.

c

Adjusted only for age, and comorbidities with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, chronic cardiac disease, and cerebrovascular disease.