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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 23.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Rheum Dis. 2012 Apr 4;71(9):1502–1509. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-201089

Table 4.

Single-factor ANOVA of clinical and laboratory variables at enrollment and occurrence of seizures regardless of attribution (95% CI)).

Predictor N* Hazard Ratio Lower 95% CI Higher 95% CI P value

Female gender 75 0.48 0.27 0.84 0.010

Race/Ethnicity Caucasian 75 0.036
Asian 0.47 0.18 1.21
African 1.70 0.95 3.03
Hispanic 1.79 0.99 3.23
Other 1.18 0.36 3.85

Geography Canada 74 0.307
USA 1.25 0.63 2.47
Europe 1.34 0.68 2.64
Asia 0.81 0.29 2.24
Mexico 2.01 0.96 4.23

Post-secondary education No 70 2.15 1.34 3.44 0.002

Age at diagnosis Linear 75 0.83 0.64 1.07 0.050
Quadratic 1.22 1.04 1.43

SLEDAI-2K score Linear 26 1.43 0.88 2.32 0.315
Quadratic 0.94 0.81 1.10

SLEDAI-2K score (w/o NP variables) Linear 25 1.18 0.72 1.93 0.792
Quadratic 0.97 0.84 1.14

SLEDAI-2K score (w/o seizure) Linear 25 1.32 0.80 2.20 0.553
Quadratic 0.94 0.79 1.12

SDI score 21 1.41 1.05 1.90 0.024

SDI score (w/o NP variables) 20 1.44 1.05 1.99 0.025

SDI score (w/o seizure) 20 1.40 1.03 1.89 0.033

Medications Corticosteroids 26 6.29 1.41 28.02 0.015
Antidepressants 0.86 0.26 2.88
ASA, Warfarin anticoagulant 1.69 0.75 3.78
Anti-malarials 0.443 0.20 0.97
Immuno-suppressants 1.23 0.52 2.91

Lupus anticoagulant 51 1.58 0.87 2.89 0.135

Anticardiolipin 50 1.31 0.61 2.78 0.488

Anti-β2-GPI 50 1.50 0.75 3.01 0.248

Anti-ribosomal P 50 0.58 0.18 1.87 0.364

Anti-NR2 44 0.47 0.15 1.52 0.207
*

N is the total number of available events (first occurrence of seizures) for analysis.

Age at diagnosis was standardized by taking (Age at diagnosis-35)/14.

SLEDAI-2K and SLEDAI-2K (w/o NP variables) were standardized by taking (SLEDAI-2K-4)/4.