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Table 2 Factors associated with epileptic status in the univariate analyses

From: Impact of 19 years of mass drug administration with ivermectin on epilepsy burden in a hyperendemic onchocerciasis area in Cameroon

 

PWE

SCE

Possible epilepsy

OR

95% CI

P

OR

95% CI

P

OR

95% CI

P

Male sex (ref: female)

1.03

0.65–1.63

0.893

1.00

0.67–1.48

0.990

1.06

0.70–1.61

0.766

Village

 Bayomen

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 Ngongol

1.95

0.90–4.25

0.091

2.18

1.10–4.30

0.025

2.12

1.03–4.37

0.042

 Nyamongo

1.36

0.67–2.77

0.396

1.59

0.85–2.96

0.147

1.69

0.88–3.26

0.116

Age

 < 15 years

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 15–30 years

12.20

5.64–26.40

<0.0001

9.71

5.22–18.05

<0.0001

11.29

5.79–22.01

<0.0001

 > 30 years

4.40

1.92–10.10

<0.0001

4.07

2.10–7.91

<0.0001

3.78

1.83–7.82

<0.0001

Lives in an indigenous household (ref: no)

1.78

1.00–3.18

0.049

1.71

1.05–2.81

0.032

1.69

1.01–2.84

0.046

Household history of death from epilepsy (ref: no)

1.93

1.00–3.70

0.050

2.30

1.33–3.96

0.003

1.83

1.01–3.30

0.047

Household head occupation: agriculture (ref: other)

1.98

0.72–5.44

0.184

1.32

0.61–2.84

0.481

1.73

0.72–4.13

0.218