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Table 4 Distribution of comorbidities of patients with and without infections or RTI

From: Acute phase proteins and white blood cell levels for prediction of infectious complications in status epilepticus

For patients with and without infections

Comorbidities

Odds ratio (unadjusted)

95% CI

p-Value

Traumatic brain injury

3.094

0.731 -13.085

0.1248

Cardiopathy

0.747

0.324 -1.723

0.4944

Known epilepsy

0.67

0.231 -1.939

0.4595

Metabolic disease

2.095

0.931 -4.713

0.0739

Stroke

2.25

0.479 -10.579

0.3045

Tumor (in the CNS)

0.46

0.126 -1.673

0.2384

Tumor (outside the CNS)

2.089

0.687 -6.350

0.1941

Neurodegenerative disease

0.299

0.036 -2.442

0.2596

For patients with and without RTI

Comorbidities

Odds ratio (unadjusted)

95% CI

p-Value

Traumatic brain injury

1.473

0.337 -6.429

0.6066

Cardiopathy

0.979

0.478 -2.006

0.9545

Known epilepsy

0.724

0.286 -1.832

0.4951

Metabolic disease

1.884

0.911 -3.898

0.0875

Stroke

2.01

0.515 -7.842

0.315

Tumor (in the CNS)

0.385

0.107 -1.382

0.1433

Tumor (outside the CNS)

1.803

0.642 -5.063

0.2633

Neurodegenerative disease

0.224

0.028 -1.801

0.1595

  1. RTI = respiratory tract infection; CNS = central nervous system