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. 2020 Jan 31;60(3):147–155. doi: 10.2176/nmc.oa.2019-0218

Table 2.

The predictive factors associated with drug-resistant seizure in patients with diffuse astrocytic and oligodendroglial tumors

Characteristics Odds ratio (95% CI) P-value
Age 0.940 (0.884–1.000) 0.050
Sex 2.880 (0.603–13.749) 0.185
Origin (fronto-temporal lobe) 3.900 (0.351–43.364) 0.268
Existence of preoperative seizure (−/+) 0.375 (0.056-2.519) 0.313
Extent of tumor removal (<95% or ≥95%) 0.900 (0.172–4.699) 0.901
Temozolomide (−/+) 1.250 (0.251–6.235) 0.785
Radiation (−/+) 2.143 (0.436–10.526) 0.348
Tumor volume after treatment (<50% or ≥50%) 4.278 (0.798–22.928) 0.090
Recurrence (−/+) 2.917 (0.594–14.327) 0.187
Neurological symptoms (−/+) 11.143 (1.108–112.012) 0.041
Karnofsky Performance Scale 0.974 (0.939–1.010) 0.161
IDH-1 (−/+) 0.267 (0.041–1.727) 0.165
1p/19q co-deletion (−/+) 0.136 (0.022–0.860) 0.034
Olig2 (−/+) 0.225 (0.042–1.194) 0.080
PDGFR-α (−/+) 0.875 (0.191–3.999) 0.863
p53 (−/+) 21.600 (2.135–218.579) 0.009
ATRX (−/+) 0.833 (0.179–3.884) 0.816
Ki67 (<5/≥5) 1.143 (0.250–5.224) 0.863

P <0.05 was considered to be indicative of statistical significance.