Table 6 Comparison of patients with drug-resistant epilepsy and with 1-year remission at the end of the study by etiology of symptomatic epilepsy
From: The long-term prognosis and predictors of epilepsy: a retrospective study in 820 patients
DRE (%) n = 160 | Remission (%) n = 100 | OR (95% CI) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cerebral trauma | 38 (23.8) | 28 (28.0) | 0.80 (0.45–1.41) | 0.444 |
Mesial temporal sclerosis | 38 (23.8) | 18 (18.0) | 1.42 (0.76– 2.66) | 0.273 |
Meningitis/encephalitis | 33 (20.6) | 8 (8.0) | 2.99 (1.32–6.77) | 0.007 |
Unclear encephalomalacia | 11 (6.9) | 11 (11.0) | 0.60 (0.25–1.43) | 0.245 |
Cortical malformation | 11 (6.9) | 6 (6.0) | 1.16 (0.41–3.23) | 0.781 |
Perinatal brain injury | 5 (3.1) | 8 (8.0) | 0.37 (0.12–1.17) | 0.079 |
Cerebral vascular malformations | 4 (2.5) | 2 (2.0) | 1.67 (0.30–9.23) | 0.693 |
Neurocutaneous syndromes | 2 (1.3) | 0 (0) | NC | 0.262 |
Cerebral tumor | 1 (0.6) | 1 (1.0) | 0.62 (0.04–10.07) | 1.000 |
Stroke | 0 | 2 (2.0) | NC | 0.14 |
Unknown | 17 (10.6) | 16 (16.0) | 0.70 (0.34–1.45) | 0.334 |