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Table 4 Crude and adjusted risk ratios for epilepsy hospitalization.

From: Apgar score and hospitalization for epilepsy in childhood: a registry-based cohort study

Analysis cohort

N

Risk ratio for 5-minute Apgar score<7 (95% CI)

  

Crude

Adjusted

All births (up to 12 years of follow-up)

131,853

(815 cases)

4.3

(2.0 to 6.3)

2.4

(1.5 to 3.8)*

All births with follow-up restricted to the first year of life

131,853

(217 cases)

8.4

(4.9 to 14.4)

4.9

(2.0 to 12.3)*

Births 1991–2001 (maternal smoking data complete)

62,799

(249 cases)

4.9

(2.8 to 8.7)

3.8

(1.9 to 7.5)#

Births 1995–2002 (maternal smoking and parental epilepsy data complete)

38,771

(125 cases)

8.1

(4.0 to 16.7)

5.2

(2.1 to 13.0)

  1. * Adjusted for birth weight, gestational age, mode of delivery, birth presentation, mother's age at delivery, and birth defects.
  2. # Adjusted for all of the above plus maternal smoking.
  3. Adjusted for all of the above plus parental epilepsy.