Table 3.
Distribution of subjects with epilepsy who had a cranial CT by NCC diagnosis and selected factors with their respective prevalence proportion ratios in three villages of Burkina Faso, 2007
| NCC | Prevalence proportion ratio (95% CI) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Definitive (row %) | Probable (row %) | Not (row %) | Definitive vs not | Probable vs not | All NCC vs Not | ||
| Gender: | Female (reference) | 2 (7) | 5 (19) | 20 (74) | - | - | - |
| Male | 9 (22) | 4 (10) | 28 (68) | 2.68 (0.63; 11.28) | 0.62 (0.19; 2.10) | 1.22 (0.56;2.67) | |
| Age groups | 7–17 years (reference) | 1 (4) | 3 (14) | 18 (82) | - | - | - |
| 18–39 years | 6 (18) | 4 (18) | 23 (70) | 3.93 (0.51;30.12) | 1.04 (0.26;4.14) | 1.67 (0.60;4.65) | |
| 40 + years | 4 (31) | 2 (15) | 7 (54) | 6.98 (0.88;54.30) | 1.56 (0.31; 7.78) | 2.54 (0.88;7.35) | |
| Age at the first seizures: | 0–12 years (reference) | 1 (6) | 2 (3) | 29 (91) | - | - | - |
| More than 12 years | 10 (29) | 7 (21) | 17 (50) | 11.11(1.52;81.20) | 4.52 (1.03;19.83) | 5.33 (1.73;16.48) | |
| Do not know# | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (100) | - | - | - | |
| Last seizures | Within the last 3 years (active epilepsy) | 9 (15) | 8 (13) | 43 (72) | 0.60 (0.16;2.30) | 0.94 (0.14;6.30) | 0.76 (0.28; 2.02) |
| More than 3 years (reference) | 2 (25) | 1 (13) | 5 (62) | - | - | - | |
| Time since onset* | Two years or less | 4 (23) | 3 (18) | 10 (59) | 1.80 (0.62;5.24) | 1.94 (0.53; 7.04) | 1.68 (0.79; 3.56) |
| More than 2 years (reference) | 7 (14) | 5 (10) | 37 (76) | - | - | - | |
#
Not included in the computation of the PPR
*
Time since onset was unknown for two respondents