Variables | Death | Low GOS | ||||
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OR | 95Â % CI | P | OR | 95Â % CI | P | |
Age | ||||||
  < 50 years | 3.08 | 1.74–5.48 | <0.001* | 2.83 | 1.79–4.48 | <0.001* |
  > = 50 years | 4.00 | 1.19–13.46 | 0.025* | 2.68 | 1.0–7.21 | 0.051 |
Duration of illness | ||||||
  < =2 days | 4.02 | 1.37–11.77 | 0.011* | 2.05 | 0.94–4.50 | 0.072 |
  > 2 days | 2.93 | 1.62–5.30 | <0.000* | 2.91 | 1.79–4.72 | <0.001* |
Level of conscious | ||||||
 14 and 15 | 2.21 | 0.94–5.21 | 0.070 | 1.82 | 0.996 | 0.051 |
  < 14 | 3.69 | 1.84–7.40 | <0.001* | 388 | 20.3–7.44 | <0.001* |
HIV status | ||||||
 Positive | 3.25 | 0.46–22.93 | 0.237 | 18.00 | 1.63–198.51 | 0.018* |
 Negative | 3.38 | 1.91–5.66 | <0.001* | 2.49 | 1.63–3.80 | <0.001* |
Prior antibiotics | ||||||
 Yes | 3.59 | 1.24–10.38 | 0.018* | 5.97 | 2.47–14.44 | <0.001* |
 No | 3.04 | 1.68–5.50 | <0.001* | 2.07 | 1.30–3.29 | 0.002* |
Focal neurologic deficit | ||||||
 Yes | 3.20 | 0.67–15.38 | 0.146 | 0.80 | 0.16–3.99 | 0.789 |
 No | 3.00 | 1.72–5.23 | <0.001* | 2.77 | 1.80–4.29 | 0.003* |
CSF appearance | ||||||
 Turbid | 2.72 | 0.67–11.11 | 0.163 | 2.44 | 0.79–7.51 | 0.121 |
 Clear | 6.26 | 1.95–20.12 | 0.002* | 4.28 | 2.14–8.58 | <0.001* |
TB suspected | ||||||
 Yes | 3.90 | 0.45–34.02 | 0.218 | 3.46 | 0.83–14.36 | 0.087 |
 No | 3.09 | 1.79–5.34 | <0.001* | 2.18 | 1.40–3.39 | 0.001* |
Diagnosis of meningitis | ||||||
 Confirmed | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 |
 Probable | 2.31 | 0.68–7.86 | 0.180 | 3.22 | 1.24–8.36 | 0.016* |
 Suspected | 3.38 | 1.73–6.59 | <0.001* | 2.09 | 1.16–3.75 | 0.014* |
 Non-cases | 6.98 | 1.50–32.56 | 0.013* | 3.17 | 1.41–7.15 | 0.005* |