A prospective cohort study of prognosis for newly diagnosed epilepsy in east China

BMC Neurology

Table 4 Multivariate logistic regression analysis for predictors of poor outcome in the newly diagnosed epilepsy

Predictor	Outcome		Multivariate analysis
Predictor	Poor (N = 23)	Good (N = 157)	OR	95% CI	P value
Multiple seizure type	10 (43.5%)	27 (17.2%)	3.33	1.29 – 8.60	0.013
Changes in seizure type during the treatment	3 (13.0%)	3 (1.9%)	5.88	1.03 – 33.62	0.047

The bold in the table indicates statistically significant data.
A good outcome was defined as a seizure-free remission for at least one year. A poor outcome was defined as no seizure-free remission for one year. The percentages sum up by column.

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