Table 2.

Factors associated with epileptic status in the univariate analyses

	PWE			SCE			Possible epilepsy
	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P	OR	95% CI	P
Male sex (ref: female)	1.03	0.65–1.63	0.893	1.00	0.67–1.48	0.990	1.06	0.70–1.61	0.766
Village
Bayomen	ref			ref			ref
Ngongol	1.95	0.90–4.25	0.091	2.18	1.10–4.30	0.025	2.12	1.03–4.37	0.042
Nyamongo	1.36	0.67–2.77	0.396	1.59	0.85–2.96	0.147	1.69	0.88–3.26	0.116
Age
< 15 years	ref			ref			ref
15–30 years	12.20	5.64–26.40	<0.0001	9.71	5.22–18.05	<0.0001	11.29	5.79–22.01	<0.0001
> 30 years	4.40	1.92–10.10	<0.0001	4.07	2.10–7.91	<0.0001	3.78	1.83–7.82	<0.0001
Lives in an indigenous household (ref: no)	1.78	1.00–3.18	0.049	1.71	1.05–2.81	0.032	1.69	1.01–2.84	0.046
Household history of death from epilepsy (ref: no)	1.93	1.00–3.70	0.050	2.30	1.33–3.96	0.003	1.83	1.01–3.30	0.047
Household head occupation: agriculture (ref: other)	1.98	0.72–5.44	0.184	1.32	0.61–2.84	0.481	1.73	0.72–4.13	0.218