TableĀ 2

Risk factors for new-onset seizures among 739 head injury subjects

UnivariableMultivariable
VariableHR (95% CI)HR (95% CI)
Age per year1.01 (0.99 to 1.02)1.00 (0.98 to 1.02)
Sex (men)1.72 (0.82 to 3.59)1.33 (0.62 to 2.83)
History of psychiatric disease4.05 (1.45 to 11.35)**3.23 (1.13 to 9.21)*
Moderate-to-severe TBI as index trauma2.42 (1.17 to 4.98)*3.13 (1.46 to 6.71)**
Alcohol-related index injury2.57 (1.39 to 4.76)**2.50 (1.30 to 4.82)**
  • Subjects without a risk factor serve as a reference category for the significant independent factors.

  • *p<0.05, **p<0.0.

  • TBI, traumatic brain injury.