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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Neurol. 2013 Apr 1;70(4):448–454. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.1033

Table 3.

Risk Factors for Acute Symptomatic Seizures after Presentation to 7 Days

Risk Factor # with Acute Seizure after Presentation/# with Risk Factor # with Acute Seizure after Presentation/# without Risk Factor P Valuea
Perinatal ICH 0/20 (0%) 7/53 (13%) .20
Seizure at presentation 3/31 (10%) 4/42 (10%) .64
Lack of AED 3/34 (9%) 4/39 (10%) 1.00
Elevated ICP requiring urgent intervention 6/28 (21%) 1/44 (2%) .014b

Abbreviations: #, number; AED, antiseizure medication; ICP, intracranial pressure.

a

, Fisher’s exact P value.

b

, Statistically significant.