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Table 1 Factors associated with seizure occurrence in the 89 pediatric brain arteriovenous malformation patients

From: Factors associated with seizure occurrence and long-term seizure control in pediatric brain arteriovenous malformation: a retrospective analysis of 89 patients

Factors

Group

No seizure

Seizure

P value

Univariate

Multivariate

Sex

Male

35

17

0.149

 

Female

30

7

Age

Mean ± SD

12.11 ± 3.554

12.25 ± 3.814

0.870

 

Admission GCS score

≤8

11

4

0.837

 

9–12

5

1

≥13

49

19

ICH

Yes

56

11

0.000

0.007

No

9

13

IVH

Yes

24

5

0.151

 

No

41

19

Size

Small

43

4

0.000

0.005

Medium

16

14

Large

6

6

Venous drainage

Deep

40

8

0.030

0.305

Superficial

22

12

Mixed

3

4

Eloquent area

Yes

23

6

0.354

 

No

42

18

Location

Frontal

8

5

0.083

 

Temporal

14

3

Occipital

6

3

Parietal

6

6

Multilobar

5

5

Cerebellum

6

0

Callosum

4

1

IVH

2

0

Thalamus/basal Ganglia

14

1

Spetzler-Martin grade

Grade 1

13

1

0.090

 

Grade 2

21

10

Grade 3

22

7

Grade 4

8

3

Grade 5

1

3

  1. ICH Intracerebral hemorrhage, GCS Glasgow coma scale, IVH Hemorrhage broken into the ventricle