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Table 2 Association between clinical presentation and recurrence of CSDH

From: Predictors of recurrence of chronic subdural haematoma in a cohort study of patients presenting in a sub-Saharan African teaching hospital

Clinical presentation

Recurrence

Test statistics

P-value

No recurrence

N(%)

Recurrence

N(%)

Headache:

  

0.146a

0.27

  No

9(14.5)

3(4.8)

  

  Yes

40(64.5)

10(16.1)

  

Seizure:

  

2.282a

0.12

  No

45(72.6)

10(16.1)

  

  Yes

4(6.5)

3(4.8)

  

Hemiparesis:

  

0.487a

0.25

  No

12(19.4)

2(3.2)

  

  Yes

37(59.7)

11(17.7)

  

Facial palsy:

  

5.033a

0.045

  No

20(32.3)

1(1.6)

  

  Yes

29(46.8)

12(19.4)

  

Dysphasia:

  

4.762a

0.029

  No

24(38.7)

2(3.2)

  

  Yes

25(40.3)

11(17.7)

  
  1. a Fisher’s exact test