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. 2025 Mar 12;12:1391821. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1391821

Table 3.

Multivariable analyses of nutritional scores to predict 1-year poor neurological functional outcome.

Nutritional status Events, N (%) Unadjusted Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-value
BMI
Continuous ... 0.98(0.92–1.06) 0.661 0.98(0.91–1.06) 0.655 1.02(0.93–1.11) 0.731 1.02(0.93–1.11) 0.736
Normal 14(26.40) Reference Reference Reference Reference
Underweight 85(29.00) 0.88(0.45–1.70) 0.701 0.91(0.46–1.80) 0.911 0.71(0.33–1.55) 0.392 0.71(0.32–1.57) 0.403
Overweight-Obesity 16(29.10) 1.00(0.53–1.89) 0.990 1.06(0.55–2.04) 0.868 1.29(0.62–2.66) 0.495 1.32(0.63–2.76) 0.456
CONUT score
Continuous ... 1.12(1.09–1.32) <0.001* 1.13(1.02–1.26) 0.024* 1.11(0.98–1.25) 0.078* 1.12(1.00–1.27) 0.059*
Normal 17(16.70) Reference Reference Reference Reference
Mild risk 54(30.50) 2.19(1.19–4.05) 0.012* 1.98(1.06–3.70) 0.033* 1.68(0.96–3.27) 0.082 1.76(0.88–3.51) 0.089
Moderate risk 36(33.00) 2.47(1.28–4.75) 0.007* 1.81(1.03–3.72) 0.044* 1.58(0.97–3.25) 0.066* 1.59(1.00–3.59) 0.056*
Severe risk 8(61.50) 8.00(2.33–27.45) 0.001* 4.58(1.18–17.81) 0.028* 3.34(1.04–15.07) 0.042* 3.76(1.03–12.63) 0.049*
GNRI score
Continuous ... 0.97(0.95–0.99) 0.004* 0.98(0.96–1.01) 0.133 0.99(0.97–1.02) 0.721 0.99(0.97–1.02) 0.618
Normal 38(22.40) Reference Reference Reference Reference
Mild risk 26(27.10) 1.29(0.73–2.29) 0.387 1.14(0.62–2.08) 0.673 1.23(0.64–2.37) 0.537 1.24(0.64–2.43) 0.523
Moderate risk 37(35.60) 1.92(1.12–3.29) 0.018* 1.42(0.78–2.55) 0.242 1.20(0.62–2.34) 0.584 1.30(0.66–2.55) 0.445
Severe risk 14(45.20) 2.86(1.29–6.33) 0.009* 1.71(0.70–4.15) 0.239 1.21(0.45–3.26) 0.711 1.22(0.45–3.35) 0.699
PNI score
Continuous ... 0.93(0.90–0.96) <0.001* 0.95(0.91–0.99) 0.008* 0.97(0.93–1.02) 0.213 0.97(0.93–1.01) 0.133
Normal 71(24.10) Reference Reference Reference Reference
Moderate risk 15(31.30) 1.43(0.73–2.78) 0.295 1.17(0.57–2.39) 0.675 0.99(0.44–2.23) 0.990 0.97(0.42–2.24) 0.945
Severe risk 29(49.20) 3.04(1.71–5.40) <0.001* 1.93(0.98–3.79) 0.058* 1.33(0.61–2.92) 0.476 1.43(0.64–3.19) 0.244

Model 1: adjusted for age, gender, drug-resistant TB, and anemia. Model 2: adjusted for age, gender, drug-resistant TB, and anemia + diagnosis classification + BMRC stage + cerebral infarction + hydrocephalus. Model 3: adjusted for age, gender, drug-resistant TB, and anemia + diagnosis classification + BMRC stage + CSF protein + Antituberculosis therapy. BMI, body mass index; CONUT, controlling nutritional status; GNRI, geriatric nutritional risk index; PNI, prognostic nutritional index; BMRC, British Medical Research Council; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; *p < 0.05. The bold values represented statistically significant.