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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Epilepsia. 2019 Feb 12;60(3):508–517. doi: 10.1111/epi.14660

Table # 3B.

Determinants of post-ictal hypercapnia

Duration of post-ictal tcCO2 rise Post-ictal Δ tcCO2
Spearman’s rho p = Spearman’s rho p =
BMI −0.436 0.180 −0.536 0.137
OSA 0.224 0.509 −0.206 0.594
Duration of convulsion 0.082 0.811 −0.218 0.574
Duration of peri-ictal O2 desaturation 0.486 0.329 0.800 0.104
Nadir peri-ictal SPO2 −0.395 0.309 0.193 0.647
HCVR Slope −0.745 0.008** −0.778 0.014**
Post-ictal Δ tcCO2 0.770 0.015** NA NA
Duration of peri-ictal tcCO2 rise NA NA 0.770 0.015**
**

p≤ 0.05

Abbreviations: BMI- Body mass index; OSA- Obstructive sleep apnea