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Table 8 Risk of febrile seizures in children < 1year old 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

0.85

0.46, 1.56

0.48

February

0.92

0.51, 1.67

0.73

March

0.74

0.40, 1.40

0.23

April (Reference)

1.00

–

–

May

1.05

0.59, 1.87

0.82

June

1.13

0.64, 1.99

0.58

July

1.26

0.72, 2.18

0.29

August

1.26

0.72, 2.18

0.29

September

1.31

0.75, 2.26

0.21

October

1.10

0.62, 1.95

0.66

November

1.03

0.57, 1.83

0.91

December

0.72

0.38, 1.36

0.18

  1. Intercept denotes estimated number of febrile seizures in this age group in April. The baseline monthly number of febrile seizures for this subgroup was 4.28
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