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. 2018 Dec;63:93–101. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2018.11.004

Table 6.

Multivariate regression model showing risk of epilepsy by age group, gender, permanent or immigrant household, family income generating activity, distance of the village to the river, and ivermectin intake.

Variable Univariate analysis P value Multivariate analysis P value
Age
0–5 Baseline Baseline
6–10 3.3 (2.0–5.5) <0.001 3.2 (1.9–5.4) <0.001
11–20 17.8 (11.4–27.9) <0.001 17.3 (11.0–27.3) <0.001
21–30 8.6 (5.4–13.7) <0.001 8.4 (5.2–13.5) <0.001
31–40 1.5 (0.8–2.9) 0.2 1.5 (0.8–2.8) 0.2
41–80 1.2 (0.6–2.3) 0.6 1.2 (0.6–2.2) 0.6
Gender <0.001
Male Baseline 0.6* <0.001
Female 0.7 (0.6–0.8) <0.001 0.3 ** <0.001
Occupation
Farmer Baseline Baseline
Not farmer 0.8 (0.6–0.9) 0.002 0.8 (0.6–0.9) 0.004
Distance to river <0.001
<2 km Baseline
>=2 km 0.9 (0.8–1.0) 0.08 0.6 (0.5–0.7) * <0.001
Residence status 0.6 (0 .4–0.7) <0.001
Immigrant Baseline
Local 0.6 (0 .4–0.7) <0.001 0.6 (0.4–0.7) <0.001
Ivermectin
Ivermectin intake Baseline Baseline
No Ivermectin 0.7 (0.6–8.6) <0.001 1.0 (0.8–1.1) 0.7
*

Male > 2 km.

**

Female >2 km.