Table 3: Probability of a Second Moderate/Severe or Long Attack: Multivariate Analysis (N=95)

Second moderate/severe attack Second long attack
Predictor HR (95% CI) p-value HR (95% CI) p-value
Bi-polysimptomatic attack (>1 FS) 2.50 (0.58-10.85) 0.22 2.68 (0.40-17.91) 0.31
First attack severity (severe vs. others) 1.07 (0.23-4.97) 0.93 0.41 (0.08-1.93) 0.26
First attack duration (long vs. others) 3.05 (0.87-10.63) 0.08 1.55 (0.44-5.46) 0.50
Pyramidal FS 0.96 (0.24-3.85) 0.95 1.14 (0.18-7.03) 0.89
Cerebellar FS 0.95 (0.23-3.93) 0.94 0.90 (0.20-4.13) 0.89
Brainstem FS 1.22 (0.26-5.66) 0.80 0.34 (0.05-2.20) 0.26
Sensory FS 1.52 (0.44-5.25) 0.51 0.54 (0.13-2.20) 0.39
Visual FS 0.35 (0.07-1.69) 0.19 1.12 (0.22-5.67) 0.88
Age at onset of the attack ≥30 years 0.79 (0.25-2.43) 0.68 1.01 (0.26-3.86) 0.99
Attack therapy 0.43 (0.13-1.41) 0.16 0.37 (0.10-1.37) 0.14
Infection in the preceding month 0.47 (0.10-2.23) 0.34 1.09 (0.21-5.57) 0.92
Season (autumn/winter vs. spring/summer) 1.38 (0.48-3.94) 0.55 0.56 (0.18-1.78) 0.33
Male gender 1.75 (0.55-5.56) 0.35 0.82 (0.25-2.65) 0.74
Incomplete recovery 0.07 (0.02-0.32) <0.001 0.50 (0.13-1.89) 0.31