Research Article

HIV-Associated Central Nervous System Disease in Patients Admitted at the Douala General Hospital between 2004 and 2009: A Retrospective Study

Table 5

Univariate and multivariate (adjusting for sex and CD4 count) analysis of factors associated with death among 300 HIV positive patients with CNS diseases.

OR95% CI valueAOR95% CI value

CD4 < 1002.3 1.9–2.70.0013.2*2.0–5.2 0.001
Seizures 2.7 1.3–5.4 0.0050.40.1–1.00.05
Headache 4.1 1.9–8.7 0.0010.60.3–1.60.3
Focal signs4.2 2.4–7.5 0.0011.2 0.5–2.6 0.7
Meningeal signs7.4 3.8–14.6 0.0011.4 0.6–3.2 0.4

Adjusted for sex.