Psychiatric and medical admissions observed among elderly patients with new-onset epilepsy

Table 2 Factors Associated with Psychiatric Admissions among Geriatric Patients (N = 824,483; c-statistic = 0.95)

Effect	Odds Ratio	95% CI	Significant (CI excludes 1.0)
Alcohol dependence	11.70	10.9-12.5	*
Dementia	9.50	9.00-10.0	*
Schizophrenia	6.29	5.87-6.73	*
Bipolar disorder	4.59	4.23-4.97	*
New-onset epilepsy	2.87	2.24-3.67	*
Depression	2.83	2.68-2.99	*
Lost to follow-up	2.01	1.89-2.14	*
PTSD	1.67	1.52-1.82	*
Cerebrovascular disease	1.50	1.42-1.59	*
Hepatitis	1.46	1.27-1.68	*
Neurological conditions, other	1.42	1.32-1.53	*
Anemia	1.40	1.32-1.50	*
Anxiety	1.40	1.30-1.50	*
COPD	1.38	1.30-1.45	*
Peptic ulcer	1.38	1.24-1.53	*
Age 85 or older	1.37	1.23-1.52	*
Brain tumor	1.30	1.03-1.65	*
Irregular heartbeat	1.24	1.17-1.33	*
Heart attack	1.23	1.12-1.36	*
Female	1.22	1.05-1.43	*
Head injury	1.22	1.00-1.49	*
African American	1.21	1.13-1.30	*
Hypertension	1.21	1.15-1.28	*
Low-back pain	1.18	1.10-1.27	*
Other arthritic disease	1.17	1.05-1.29	*
Enlarged prostate	1.16	1.10-1.23	*
Hip problems	1.11	0.96-1.27	n.s.
Prostatitis	1.10	0.90-1.35	n.s.
Osteoarthritis	1.07	1.00-1.13	*
Gallbladder disease	0.98	0.79-1.21	n.s.
Gout	0.98	0.87-1.11	n.s.
Peripheral vascular disease	0.97	0.89-1.05	n.s.
Angina	0.95	0.86-1.05	n.s.
Diverticulitis	0.95	0.84-1.08	n.s.
Congestive Heart Failure	0.94	0.87-1.01	n.s.
Age 75-84 years	0.92	0.87-0.97	*
Cancer	0.84	0.79-0.90	*
Rheumatoid arthritis	0.84	0.68-1.03
Cataracts	0.80	0.75-0.86	*
Inflammatory bowel disease	0.64	0.43-0.96	*
Hispanic	0.58	0.51-0.65	*

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