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Table 4 RisK of mild febrile seizures by month of year

From: Snotwatch: an ecological analysis of the relationship between febrile seizures and respiratory virus activity

Month

Risk Ratio

99% CI

P-value

January

0.72

0.56, 0.93

0.001

February

0.80

0.63, 1.03

0.023

March

0.89

0.70, 1.13

0.21

April (Reference)

1.00

–

–

May*

1.33

1.07, 1.65

0.0008

June*

1.67

1.36, 2.06

< 0.0001

July*

1.76

1.44, 2.17

< 0.0001

August*

1.92

1.57, 2.35

< 0.0001

September*

1.85

1.51, 2.26

< 0.0001

October*

1.27

1.02, 1.58

0.0053

November

1.09

0.86, 1.36

0.35

December

1.05

0.83, 1.32

0.59

  1. Intercept denotes estimated number of mild febrile seizures in April. Statistically significant months are denoted with *. The baseline monthly number of febrile seizures for this subgroup was 24.4