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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Neurol. 2024 Jul 9;159:41–47. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2024.07.002

Table 3:

Imaging Findings—Associations with Enrollment Characteristics and Outcomes

Image Findings Enrollment characteristics

Atrophy cART at enrollment OR 2.1 (95% CI 0.6 to 7.6)
EFV use OR 0.2 (95% CI 0.02 to 1.2)
Seizure z severity (1=single, brief)
 Multiple, prolonged OR 0.6 (95% CI 0.1 to 3.0)
 Status Epilepticus OR 0.5 (95% CI 0.1 to 2.6)
WHO stage (1= Stage I)
 WHO Stage II OR 3.0 (95% CI 0.2to 43.7)
 WHO Stage III OR 15.0 (95% CI 0.4 to 576.7)
WHO Stage IV OR 7.2 (95% CI 1.1 to 48.3)
CDC stage (1=Stage 1)
 Stage 2 OR 1.2 (95% CI 0.1 to 11.9)
Stage 3 OR 8.3 (95% CI 1.2 to 59.3)

Focal structural abnormality cART at enrollment OR 0.22 (95% CI 0.05 to 1.0)
EFV use OR 10.8 (95% CI 1.0 to 117.0)
Seizure severity (1=single, brief)
 Multiple, prolonged OR 1.6 (95% CI 0.2 to 13.9)
 Status Epilepticus OR 0.1 (95% CI 0.0 to 0.90)
WHO stage (1=Stage I)
 WHO Stage II OR 0.3 (95% CI 0.0 to 4.9)
 WHO Stage III OR 0.6 (95% CI 0.0 to 23.1)
 WHO Stage IV OR 0.3 (95% CI 0.0 to 1.9)
CDC stage (1=Stage 1)
 Stage 2 OR 0.4 (95% CI 0.0 to 4.0)
 Stage 3 OR 0.5 (95% CI 0.1 to 3.4)

Subcortical white matter abnormality cART at enrollment OR 0.4 (95% CI 0.1 to 1.5)
EFV use OR 1.0 (95% CI 0.1 to 7.5)
Seizure severity (1=single, brief)
 Multiple, prolonged OR 2.3 (95%CI 0.4 to 11.5)
 Status Epilepticus OR 0.3 (95% CI 0.0 to 1.8)
WHO stage (1=Stage I)
 WHO Stage II OR 0.6 (95% CI 0.1 to 6.7)
 WHO Stage III OR 0.3 (95% CI 0.01 to 10.6)
 WHO Stage IV OR 0.6 (95% CI 0.1 to 2.7)
CDC stage (1=Stage 1)
 Stage 2 OR 0.5 (95% CI 0.03 to 7.1)
 Stage 3 OR 2.0 (95% CI 0.3 to 13.4)

Leptomeningeal enhancement cART at enrollment OR 1.2 (95% CI 0.2 to 6.1)
EFV use OR 2.4 (95% CI 0.3 to 22.1)
Seizure severity (1=single, brief)
 Multiple, prolonged OR 4.5 (95% CI 0.4 to 46.2)
 Status Epilepticus OR 0.7 (95% CI 0.03 to 12.6)
WHO stage (1=Stage I)
 WHO Stage 2 OR 0.6 (95% CI 0.1 to 6.7)
 WHO Stage 3 OR 0.3 (95% CI 0.0 to 10.6)
 WHO Stage 4 OR 0.1 (95% CI 0.0 to 0.6)
CDC stage (1=Stage 1)
 Stage 2 OR 0.7 (95% CI 0.1 to 5.9)
 Stage 3 OR 0.1 (95% CI 0.0 to 1.4)

Imaging Finding Outcomes

Atrophy Recurrent seizure(s) OR 1.4 (95% CI 0.4 to 5.2)
Neurocognitive impairment OR 8.4 (95% CI 1.3 to 55.4)
Death OR 1.4 (95% CI 0.4 to 4.9)

Focal structural abnormality Recurrent seizure(s) OR 0.4 (95% CI 0.1 to 1.7)
Neurocognitive impairment OR 0.2 (95% CI 0.03 to 0.90)
Death OR 1.7 (95% CI 0.4 to 6.8)

Subcortical white matter abnormality Recurrent seizure(s) OR 0.4 (95% CI 0.1 to 1.6)
Neurocognitive impairment OR 0.4 (95% CI 0.1 to 2.6)
Death OR 1.8 (95% CI 0.5 to 6.6)

CVA (any age infarct) Recurrent seizure(s) OR 2.0 (95% CI 0.3 to 13.6)
Death OR 0.3 (95% CI 0.03 to 2.4)

Leptomeningeal abnormality Recurrent seizure(s) OR 0.3 (95% CI 0.03 to 2.6)
Neurocognitive impairment OR 0.6 (95% CI 0.05 to 6.6)
Death OR 0.6 (95% CI 0.1 to 3.5)

Bolded categories represent results with P value p<0.05.