Table 3.

Outcome analyses

Prediction of unfavorable outcome (GOS < 5)
	bacterial meningitis		viral meningo-encephalitis		leptomeningeal metastases
Univariate Models
	OR (CI)	p-value	OR (CI)	p-value	OR (CI)	p-value
leukocyte count	0.999 (0.999-1.000)	0.061	0.998 (0.992-1.003)	0.551	0.998 (0.996-1.000)	0.147
GluR	0.664 (0.193-2.282)	0.516	0.166 (0.003-8.677)	0.374	0.023 (0.000-21.15)	0.280
protein	0.999 (0.998-1.000)	0.560	1.006 (0.989-1.023)	0.460	1.000 (0.998-1.002)	0.841
Qalb	1.002 (0.991-1.013)	0.674	1.067 (0.988-1.152)	0.095	1.002 (0.986-1.019)	0.761
IgM-index	0.927 (0.178-4.818)	0.929	14.71 (1.020-212.0)	0.048	0.800 (0.028-22.20)	0.896
IgA-index	1.902 (0.190-19.02)	0.584	655.4 (2.56-167554)	0.022	0.751 (0.015-37.38)	0.886
IgG-index	111.1 (1.876-6587)	0.024	539.8 (3.605-80821)	0.014	1.371 (0.097-19.20)	0.815
Multivariate Model
	OR (CI)	p-value	OR (CI)	p-value	OR (CI)	p-value
age	1.004 (0.974-1.034)	0.801	1.015 (0.965-1.069)	0.565	0.970 (0.882-1.067)	0.529
Qalb	0.995 (0.981-1.009)	0.547	1.084 (0.993-1.184)	0.071	1.000 (0.984-1.017)	0.680
IgG-index	182.1 (1.6-20143)	0.030	767.6 (3.5-167197)	0.016	1.3 (0.114-15.806)	0.816