Table 3 Factors associated with the presence of PE: multivariate analysisa.

From: Clinical and pathological risk factors for postencephalitic epilepsy after herpes simplex virus-1 encephalitis in children

Variables

Odds ratio

95% CI

p value

Acyclovir started more than four

days after symptom onset

1.29

0.86–3.34

0.471

Hemiparesis

1.51

0.76–33.28

0.612

Coma

1.19

0.51–25.42

0.793

Focal seizures

7.41

1.42–16.97

0.018

SE

9.38

1.71–10.37

0.005

Restricted diffusion on MRI

6.15

1.16–20.31

0.039

  1. PE, postencephalitic epilepsy; CI, confidence interval; SE, status epilepticus; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.
  2. aAdjusted with age and sex.
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