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Table 3 Association between hypertension, diabetes, antiplatelet, anticoagulant, alcohol abuse, laterality 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

Condition

Outcome

χ2-value

OR (95% CI)

P-value

No recurrence n (%)

Recurrence n (%)

Hypertension:

  

4.251

4.9(0.97–24.28)

0.039

  No

23 (92.0)

2 (8.0)

   

  Yes

26 (70.8)

11 (29.7)

   

Total

49 (79.0)

13 (21.0)

   

Diabetes:

  

0.090

1.3(0.23–7.36)

0.670

  No

43 (79.6)

11 (20.4)

   

  Yes

6 (75.0)

2 (25.0)

   

Total

49 (79.0)

13 (21.0)

   

Antiplatelet:

  

1.813

2.60(0.62–10.82)

0.226

  No

41 (82.0)

9 (18.0)

   

  Yes

7 (63.6)

4 (36.4)

   

Total

48 (79.0)

13 (21.0)

   

Anticoagulant:

  

0.003

0.94(0.09–9.18)

1.000

  No

45 (78.9)

12 (21.1)

   

  Yes

4 (80.4)

1 (20.0)

   

Total

49 (79.0)

13 (21.0)

   

Alcohol abuse:

  

0.613

2.05(0.33–12.64)

0.597

  No

45 (80.4)

11 (19.6)

   

  Yes

4 (66.7)

2 (33.3)

   

Total

49 (79.0)

13 (21.0)

   

Laterality:

  

7.886

5.98(1.59–22.56)

0.005

  Bilateral

8 (53.3)

7 (46.7)

   

  Left

19 (79.2)

5 (20.8)

   

  Right

22 (95.7)

1 (4.3)

   

Total

49 (79.0)

13 (21.0)

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