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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Seizure. 2009 Dec 24;19(2):112–119. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2009.11.008

Table 3.

Pre-term deliveries and related features in babies of women with treated epilepsy (WWTE) and babies of women with no history of epilepsy (controls)

Problem WWTE babies Control babies Odds Ratio Confidence Interval
y n dm y n dm OR 95% CI p
Pre-term delivery (< 36 wks) 18 194 6 16 289 3 1.68 0.83 – 3.37 0.15
Low birth weight (< 2.5 kg) 13 197 8 15 275 18 1.21 0.56 – 2.60 0.69
Birth weight centile (< 9th) 14 196 8 15 275 18 1.31 0.65 – 2.73 0.56
Admitted to SCBU 17 23 188 7 23 264 21 1.40 0.77 – 2.58 0.28
Total recorded live births 218 308

y = yes, n = no, dm = data missing, p = probability, SCBU = special care baby unit

Data from twin pairs was excluded