Factors | Odds ratio | 95% CI† | p Value |
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*Stepwise forward regression analysis with backward confirmation, critical p value for inclusion 0.05, and 0.1 for exclusion: predictors for satisfactory postoperative seizure control (Engel Class I, II): seizure onset after 10 years of age, presence of complex partial seizures, absence of a neurological deficit, and a correlating neuropsychological profile. | |||
The following factors were not included in the model: febrile seizures, age at operation, duration of epilepsy, side, sex, medical history, presence of simple partial or generalised seizures, seizure frequencies, EEG focus, histological diagnoses. | |||
†Confidence interval from regression analysis; lower and upper limits. | |||
Age at seizure onset | 0.323 | 0.084–0.414 | 0.004 |
Complex partial seizures | 0.257 | 0.061–0.640 | 0.018 |
Neurological deficit | −0.254 | −0.334–0.027 | 0.022 |
Correlating neuropsychology | 0.226 | 0.010–0.304 | 0.037 |