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 | |
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Female gender | 75 | 0.48 | 0.27 | 0.84 | 0.010 | |
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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Post-secondary education | No | 70 | 2.15 | 1.34 | 3.44 | 0.002 |
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Age at diagnosis† | Linear | 75 | 0.83 | 0.64 | 1.07 | 0.050 |
Quadratic | 1.22 | 1.04 | 1.43 | |||
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SLEDAI-2K score‡ | Linear | 26 | 1.43 | 0.88 | 2.32 | 0.315 |
Quadratic | 0.94 | 0.81 | 1.10 | |||
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SLEDAI-2K score (w/o NP variables) | Linear | 25 | 1.18 | 0.72 | 1.93 | 0.792 |
Quadratic | 0.97 | 0.84 | 1.14 | |||
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SLEDAI-2K score (w/o seizure) | Linear | 25 | 1.32 | 0.80 | 2.20 | 0.553 |
Quadratic | 0.94 | 0.79 | 1.12 | |||
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SDI score | 21 | 1.41 | 1.05 | 1.90 | 0.024 | |
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SDI score (w/o NP variables) | 20 | 1.44 | 1.05 | 1.99 | 0.025 | |
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SDI score (w/o seizure) | 20 | 1.40 | 1.03 | 1.89 | 0.033 | |
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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 | |||
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Lupus anticoagulant | 51 | 1.58 | 0.87 | 2.89 | 0.135 | |
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Anticardiolipin | 50 | 1.31 | 0.61 | 2.78 | 0.488 | |
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Anti-β2-GPI | 50 | 1.50 | 0.75 | 3.01 | 0.248 | |
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Anti-ribosomal P | 50 | 0.58 | 0.18 | 1.87 | 0.364 | |
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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.