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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Neurol. 2022 Aug 3;92(4):663–669. doi: 10.1002/ana.26443

Table 1.D.

Models for risk factors for first late PTS (i.e., PTE) and PTS Recurrence. The first model is a Cox Proportional Hazards (CPH) model predicting the first late PTS (i.e., PTE). As a sensitivity analysis, we developed a competing risks regression using the same inputs as our first model and modeling the competing hazard of death. Both models predict the occurrence of the first late PTS. Our third model predicts PTS recurrence, or the second PTS. In this last model, we include the occurrence of a first late PTS as a time-varying covariate, as the first late PTS occurs during follow up and, by definition, prior to PTS recurrence. *The CRR model reports the subdistribution hazard.

Cumulative Incidence Model Type Variable Hazard Ratio* 95% CI P-value
First late PTS (PTE) CPH DHC 4.1 2.2 6.1 <0.001
CNS Infection 1.7 1.2 2.3 0.04
Age (decade) 0.7 0.6 0.9 <0.001
First late PTS (PTE) CRR DHC 4.4 3.7 4.9 <0.001
CNS Infection 1.7 1.2 2.2 0.03
Age (decade) 0.7 0.6 0.9 <0.001
PTS Recurrence CPH with time-varying coefficient Shunt Dependence 0.6 0.3 1.0 0.04
Sex (male) 2.7 1.4 5.3 <0.01