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Table 4 Odds ratios for risk of poor outcome (death or neurological sequelae at discharge) inpatients with neurological infectious diseases

From: An integrated model of care for neurological infections: the first six years of referrals to a specialist service at a university teaching hospital in Northwest England

Individual variables

OR

95 % CI

p value

 Altered sensorium

4.66

2.02 – 11.1

< 0.001

 Viral meningitis

0.08

0.009 – 0.35

< 0.001

 Age

1.04

1.02 – 1.06

< 0.001

 Length of stay

1.03

1.01 – 1.05

< 0.001

Multivariate analysis

AOR

95 % CI

p> value

 Altered sensorium

3.04

1.28 – 7.22

0.01

 Viral meningitis

0

NA

< 0.001

 Age

1.02

0.99 – 1.05

0.14

 Length of admission

1.01

1 – 1.03

0.08

  1. OR, odds ratio, AOR, adjusted odds ratio