Table 2.
Symptoms associated with meningitis at the inclusion
|
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 |
† These were constipation, faecal incontinence, faecal emergencies, and no control of the anal sphincter.