Risk Factors for Hearing Loss in Children following Bacterial Meningitis in a Tertiary Referral Hospital
Table 4
Univariable ordinary logistic regression models.
Variable
Model 1
Model 2
Model 3
OR
95% CI
value
OR
95% CI
value
OR
95% CI
value
Age category
0.631
0.331–1.206
0.164
0.551
0.254–1.196
0.132
0.782
0.331–1.848
0.575
Gender
1.450
0.601–3.500
0.409
1.181
0.418–3.340
0.754
1.950
0.600–6.331
0.267
Number of siblings
1.218
0.475–3.123
0.681
1.185
0.393–3.570
0.763
1.269
0.363–4.433
0.709
Caregiver level of education
0.872
0.473–1.609
0.661
0.788
0.388–1.599
0.509
1.035
0.440–2.431
0.937
Length of illness
1.141
0.464–2.806
0.773
1.298
0.457–3.688
0.624
0.938
0.273–3.217
0.918
Fever
0.642
0.259–1.592
0.338
1.487
0.458–4.833
0.509
0.219
0.0631–0.759
0.0166
Agitation
1.642
0.684–3.940
0.267
0.726
0.248–2.127
0.559
6.222
1.539–25.15
0.0103
Altered consciousness
1.659
0.632–4.357
0.304
1.143
0.387–3.376
0.809
3.467
0.695–17.30
0.130
Seizure
9.655
2.049–45.50
0.00415
11.59
1.423–94.32
0.0220
7.724
0.928–64.26
0.0586
Glasgow Coma score
1
1-1
1
1-1
1
1-1
Bulging fontanel
1
1-1
1
1-1
1
1-1
Cranial nerve palsy
1
1-1
1
1-1
1
1-1
Hydrocephalus
1.941
0.307–12.28
0.481
2.200
0.289–16.75
0.447
1.571
0.132–18.66
0.720
Stiff neck
1.056
0.434–2.572
0.904
1.125
0.393–3.219
0.826
0.964
0.293–3.172
0.952
Protein (log base )
0.514
0.245–1.081
0.08
0.412
0.127–1.328
0.138
0.564
0.257–1.237
0.153
Glucose
3.437
0.627–18.85
0.155
4.889
0.821–29.10
0.0812
1.571
0.132–18.66
0.720
CSF culture
34.29
4.259–276.0
0.000895
31.15
3.607–269.1
0.00177
39.37
4.250–364.8
0.00122
Model 1: normal versus any SNHL; Model 2: normal versus moderate SNHL; Model 3: normal versus severe SNHL. OR: odds ratio. Explanatory variable perfectly predicted outcome and estimates could not be obtained by maximum likelihood. The values are based on Wald tests.
