Table 2 Symptoms associated with meningitis at the inclusion
From: Significant sequelae after bacterial meningitis in Niger: a cohort study
Symptoms | Exposed | Non exposed | OR | 95% CI | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 83 | % | n = 79 | % | Crude | Lower | Upper | ||
Headaches | 79 | 59.5 | 79 | 29.1 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 7.1 | 0.0002 |
Insomnia | 80 | 58.8 | 79 | 22.8 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 10.2 | <0.0001 |
Convulsions before admission | 80 | 83.8 | 78 | 5.1 | 90.9 | 27.8 | 400 | <0.0001 |
Asthenia | 79 | 78.5 | 79 | 38.0 | 5.9 | 2.8 | 12.8 | <0.0001 |
Sensation to pain and to touch perturbed | 80 | 13.8 | 78 | 0 | NC | 2.7 | NC | 0.0007 |
At least one troubled reflex | 80 | 62.5 | 78 | 15.4 | 9.0 | 4.1 | 21.3 | <0.0001 |
Walking or tonus impaired | 80 | 78.8 | 79 | 5.1 | 66.7 | 20.8 | 286 | <0.0001 |
Odor of soumbala non recognised | 77 | 45.4 | 77 | 22.1 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 6.3 | 0.004 |
Masseter motility impaired | 80 | 21.3 | 78 | 0 | NC | 4.8 | NC | <0.0001 |
Facial motility impaired | 80 | 17.5 | 77 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 29.4 | 0.009 |
Trouble in the voice | 80 | 32.5 | 76 | 1.3 | 35.7 | 5.5 | 1493 | <0.0001 |
Vertigo | 79 | 55.7 | 79 | 15.2 | 6.9 | 3.1 | 16.4 | <0.0001 |
Hearing loss type | 76 | 79 | 0.0002 | |||||
- No | 27 | 35.5 | 53 | 67.1 | 1 | |||
- Air conduction altered | 12 | 15.8 | 11 | 13.9 | 2.14 | 0.8 | 6.1 | 0.14 |
- Bone conduction altered or mixed | 37 | 48.7 | 15 | 19.0 | 4.84 | 2.1 | 11.2 | <0.0001 |
Hearing loss level | 78 | 79 | <0.0001 | |||||
- No | 27 | 34.6 | 53 | 67.1 | 1 | |||
- Mild | 20 | 25.65 | 15 | 19.0 | 2.62 | 1.1 | 6.4 | 0.024 |
- Moderate | 11 | 14.1 | 8 | 10.1 | 2.70 | 0.9 | 8.7 | 0.067 |
- Serious | 20 | 25.65 | 3 | 3.8 | 13.1 | 3.4 | 72.9 | <0.0001 |
Urgent miction | 80 | 31.3 | 78 | 14.1 | 2.78 | 1.2 | 6.8 | 0.01 |
Trouble in defecation † | 80 | 43.8 | 78 | 14.1 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 11.4 | <0.0001 |