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

Table 4 Factors Associated with Psychiatric Admissions among Geriatric Patients with New-Onset Epilepsy (N = 1,610; c-statistic = 0.83).

Effect	Odds Ratio	95% CI	Significant (CI excludes 1.0)
Alcohol dependence	5.17	2.66-10.1	*
Schizophrenia	3.38	1.63-7.01	*
Bipolar disorder	2.79	1.12-6.96	*
Dementia	2.24	1.32-3.81	*
Hypertension	2.14	1.16-4.05	*
Depression	2.14	1.27-3.62	*
PTSD	2.10	0.94-4.68	n.s.
Hepatitis	2.03	0.58-7.02	n.s.
Anxiety	1.81	0.96-3.41	n.s.
Other arthritic disease	1.75	0.80-3.83	n.s.
Gout	1.60	0.58-4.41	n.s.
COPD	1.50	0.91-2.49	n.s.
Angina	1.46	0.69-3.08	n.s.
Ulcer peptic	1.44	0.59-3.55	n.s.
Low-back pain	1.43	0.79-2.60	n.s.
Irregular heartbeat	1.39	0.79-2.49	n.s.
Cerebrovascular disease	1.37	0.83-2.26	n.s.
Anemia	1.33	0.76-2.32	n.s.
Diverticulitis	1.32	0.49-3.61	n.s.
Age 75-84 years	1.27	0.77-2.09	n.s.
Neurological conditions, other	1.27	0.63-2.59	n.s.
Hip problems	1.27	0.42-3.79	n.s.
Rheumatoid arthritis	1.27	0.25-6.38	n.s.
Heart attack	1.26	0.61-2.87	n.s.
Lost to follow-up	1.24	0.65-2.37	n.s.
African American	1.22	0.67-2.20	n.s.
Enlarged prostate	1.18	0.70-2.01	n.s.
Cataracts	0.99	0.54-1.79	n.s.
CHF	0.99	0.53-1.86	n.s.
Hispanic	0.98	0.34-2.79	n.s.
Thyroid	0.81	0.34-1.93	n.s.
Gallbladder disease	0.80	0.14-4.55	n.s.
Osteoarthritis	0.77	0.42-1.39	n.s.
Diabetes	0.76	0.44-1.29	n.s.
Cancer	0.64	0.34-1.19	n.s.
Prostatitis	0.60	0.05-7.16	n.s.
Age 85 or older	0.53	0.07-4.19	n.s.
Brain tumor	0.43	0.05-4.09	n.s.
Head injury	0.35	0.04-2.89	n.s.
Peripheral vascular disease	0.34	0.14-0.84	*

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