Table 2.

Factors independently associated with poor outcomes at leaving hospital in patients treated as bacterial meningitis at teaching hospitals in Ethiopia, 2011–2015

Variable	AOR	95 % CI	P-value
Death
Level of consciousness at presentation (for a point increase in GCS)	0.79	0.73–0.85	<0.001
Dexamethasone treatment	3.38	1.87–6.12	<0.001
Aspiration pneumonia at presentation	2.97	1.36–6.41	0.006
Cranial nerve palsy at presentation	4.73	1.45–15.50	0.010
Unfavorable outcome (GOS = 1–4)
Level of consciousness at presentation (for a point increase in GCS)	0.77	0.66–0.89	<0.001
Dexamethasone treatment	4.46	1.98–10.08	<0.001
TB suspected cases	2.78	1.06–7.30	0.038
Neurologic sequelae
Focal neurologic deficit at presentation	3.33	1.31–8.50	0.012
Seizure at presentation	2.20	1.03–4.67	0.041
Duration of illness before presentation	1.09	1.01–1.16	0.020
Impaired consciousness (GCS < 15)	2.65	1.21–5.81	0.015

This table presents output of Forward logistic regression analysis