Research Article
Influence of Malnutrition on Adverse Outcome in Children with Confirmed or Probable Viral Encephalitis: A Prospective Observational Study
Table 2
Univariate and multivariate logistic regression test to identify independent predictors of adverse outcome in patients of viral encephalitis.
| | Univariate analysis | | Variable | Number () | Odds ratio
(95% CI) | value |
| | Undernutrition | Yes 80
No 34 | 6.27 (2.6–15.10) | <0.001 | Requirement of
ventilation | Yes 37
No 77 | 19.93 (4.47–88.75) | <0.001 | Rural
Urban | 94
20 | 1.8 (0.70–4.89) | 0.216 | Abdominal
pain | Yes 19
No 95 | 3.88 (1.059–14.21) | 0.0041 | | Splenomegaly | Yes 65
No 49 | 0.497 (0.225–1.094) | 0.082 | Congestive heart
failure | Yes 21
No 93 | 2.21 (0.075–6.55) | 0.152 | Peripheral vascular
failure | Yes 11
No 103 | 6.88 (0.85–55.83) | 0.071 | Requirement of
ICU care | Yes 40
No 74 | 5.67 (2.13–15.10) | 0.001 | | Edema | Yes 45
No 69 | 3.21 (1.38–7.48) | 0.007 | Signs of
meningeal irritation | Yes 10
No 104 | 6.09 (0.74–49.92) | 0.092 | Aspiration
pneumonia | Yes 15
No 99 | 4.60 (0.98–21.46) | 0.053 | Acute renal
failure | Yes 25
No 89 | 1.74 (0.66–4.60) | 0.260 | Gastrointestinal
bleeding | Yes 16
No 98 | 2.99 (0.80–11.17) | 0.104 | Prehospitalization
interval | ≤3 days 33
>3 days 81 | 0.63 (0.27–1.44) | 0.278 | | Undernutrition by requirement of ventilation (interaction) | | 32.55 (4.24–249.8) | 0.001 |
| | Multivariate analysis | | Variable | Variable | Variable | Variable |
| | Undernutrition | Yes 80
No 34 | 5.05 (1.9–13.44) | 0.001 | Requirement of
ventilation | Yes 37
No 77 | 16.75 (3.63–77.34) | <0.001 |
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CI: confidence interval; OR: odds ratio.
Based on logistic regression test.
Variables excluded after forward variable selection.
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