Table 3 Multivariate logistic analysis of risk factors for encephalopathy, UK and Ireland, 2003–5.

Variable	Odds ratio	Confidence interval	p Value
Female sex	0.37	0.06 to 2.21	0.27
Black/black British	19.0	2.5 to 144.7	0.004
Infection	9.0	0.38 to 210.0	0.17
Glucose 6‐phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency	28.2	2.6 to 307.7	0.006

All odds ratios were mutually adjusted for the other variables in the table.