Reader response: Practice guideline summary: Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy incidence rates and risk factors: Report of the Guideline Development, Dissemination, and Implementation Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Ep
PuchitSukphulloprat, Neurologist, Thammasat University hospital , Pathumthani, Thailand
Submitted July 29, 2019
In table 2 of the practice guideline summary by Harden et al.1, the values for odds ratio (confidence interval) of presence of generalized tonic-clonic seizure (GTCS) vs lack of GTCS are “10 (17–14).” I thought that this was an impossible confidence interval.
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Harden C, Tomson T, Gloss D, et al. Practice guideline summary: Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy incidence rates and risk factors: Report of the Guideline Development, Dissemination, and Implementation Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society. Neurology 2017;88:1674–1680.
In table 2 of the practice guideline summary by Harden et al.1, the values for odds ratio (confidence interval) of presence of generalized tonic-clonic seizure (GTCS) vs lack of GTCS are “10 (17–14).” I thought that this was an impossible confidence interval.
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The author reports no relevant disclosures. Contact journal@neurology.org for full disclosures.
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