The causal relationship between neurocysticercosis infection and the development of epilepsy - a systematic review

Table 1 Results from case-control studies investigating the association between NCC exposure and epilepsy

Study	PWE with NCC (n)	PWE without NCC (n)	PWOE with NCC (n)	PWOE without NCC (n)	Odds ratio	95% confidence interval	z-Statistic	P value
De Oliveira Taveira et al. (2015) [17]	37	82	12	94	3.54	1.73–7.23	3.46	0.0005
Hunter et al. (2015) [32]	6	170	0	174	13.31	0.74–238.02	1.76	0.0786
Mwape et al. (2015) [40]	20	29	7	33	3.25	1.20–8.79	2.323	0.0202
Cherian et al. (2014) [58]	12	68	7	61	1.54	0.57–4.16	0.848	0.3962
Moyano et al. (2014) [35]	109	173	26	85	2.06	1.25–3.40	2.830	0.0046
Singh et al. (2012) [59]	27	79	13	93	2.45	1.18–5.06	2.412	0.0159
Winkler et al. (2009) [60]	38	174	10	188	4.11	1.99–8.49	3.811	0.0001
Prasad et al. (2008) [41]	29	31	31	76	2.29	1.19–4.42	2.479	0.0132
Del Brutto et al. (2005) [61]	5	14	1	18	6.43	0.67–61.47	1.615	0.1062
Montano et al. (2005) [33]	15	24	26	85	2.04	0.94–4.46	1.794	0.0727
Cruz et al. (1999) [34]	14	12	17	101	6.93	2.74–17.51	4.095	<0.0001
Garcia-Noval et al. (1996) [38]	36	40	12	39	2.93	1.33–6.43	2.669	0.0076

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