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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Neurophysiol. 2019 May;36(3):186–194. doi: 10.1097/WNP.0000000000000574

Table 4:

Prediction model of time to 1st seizure

Model 2A Model 2B Model 2C

Estimate Std Err HR p-value Estimate Std Err HR p-value Estimate Std Err HR p-value
Male vs. Female 0.556 (0.248) 1.743 0.025 0.424 (0.255) 1.528 0.096
Preterm vs. Term −0.483 (0.317) 0.617 0.128 −0.572 (0.342) 0.565 0.095
Suspected seizure or both indications vs. Encephalopathy 0.917 (0.357) 2.503 0.010 1.039 (0.371) 2.828 0.005
Hypothermia vs. No hypothermia −0.756 (0.370) 0.469 0.041
CHD vs. No CHD −0.635 (0.379) 0.530 0.093
Excessive discontinuity vs. Normal 1.523 (0.369) 4.588 <0.001 1.539 (0.393) 4.659 <0.001
Depressed and undifferentiated vs. Normal 2.633 (0.474) 13.912 <0.001 2.761 (0.501) 15.813 <0.001
Burst suppression vs. Normal 2.370 (0.507) 10.694 <0.001 2.296 (0.576) 9.938 <0.001
Extremely low voltage/ isoelectric vs. Normal 1.899 (1.068) 6.681 0.076 2.041 (1.147) 7.699 0.075
MFS vs. No 0.546 (0.279) 1.726 0.050 0.470 (0.275) 1.600 0.087
Sleep wake cycling −0.461 (0.279) 0.631 0.098

AUC at 30 Minutes 53.2% 73.5% 71.6%
Optimal ES threshold* −0.341 0.186 0.755
Sensitivity 74.72 82.59 69.63
Specificity 32.71 58.28 65.85

AUC at 60 Minutes 59.4% 71.9% 72.8%
Optimal ES threshold* 0.020 0.186 0.755
Sensitivity 57.14 79.89 69.04
Specificity 60.05 59.39 67.40

AUC at 3 hours 67.4% 71.5% 74.8%
Optimal ES threshold* −0.341 −0.792 0.755
Sensitivity 88.67 84.77 64.25
Specificity 38.46 48.26 70.63

AUC at 6 hours 69.5% 74.5% 79.1%
Optimal ES threshold* 0.021 −0.792 0.719
Sensitivity 57.99 87.33 69.41
Specificity 66.53 51.74 73.22

AUC at 12 hours 68.7% 75.1% 80.4%
Optimal ES threshold* 0.021 −0.792 0.504
Sensitivity 64.20 86.72 70.79
Specificity 66.49 52.79 74.88

AUC at 24 hours 66.7% 76.6% 81.1%
Optimal ES threshold* 0.021 −0.792 0.232
Sensitivity 59.38 88.06 74.87
Specificity 66.97 55.81 69.94
*

Threshold based on maximum of Youden’s Index (sum of sensitivity + specificity −1), Model 2A incorporates only clinical variables, Model 2B incorporates only EEG variable and Model 2C includes both clinical and EEG variables.