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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mycoses. 2018 Jan 23;61(5):314–320. doi: 10.1111/myc.12742

Table 3.

Multivariable analysis for cryptococcal meningitis predictors.

Characteristic Odds Ratio
(95% Confidence Intervals)
p-value
Decrease CSF glucose 11.12 (0.98 – 126.28) 0.052
Headaches 49.15 (3.91 – 618.08) 0.003
Increase CSF protein 30.55 (2.39 – 390.85) 0.009
Hyponatremia 4.42 (0.57 – 34.15) 0.155
HIV infection 7.26 (0.67 – 78.64) 0.118
SBP 0.96 (0.90 – 1.01) 0.118
Hypertension 0.012 (0.0004 –0.44) 0.016
Corticosteroids 96.46 (4.82 – 1932.37) 0.003

CSF: Cerebrospinal fluid; HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus; SBP: Systolic blood pressure.