Risk Factors for Hearing Loss in Children following Bacterial Meningitis in a Tertiary Referral Hospital
Table 5
Multivariable ordinary logistic regression.
Variable
Model 1
Model 2
Model 3
OR
95% CI
value
OR
95% CI
value
OR
95% CI
value
Age category
2–11 months
Ref
12–60 months
0.807
0.239–2.733
0.731
0.324
0.0688–1.523
0.153
10.16
0.696–148.4
0.0901
>61 months
0.107
0.00955–1.201
0.0701
0.242
0.0206–2.850
0.260
0.995
Gender
Male
Ref
Female
2.090
0.652–6.700
0.215
0.853
0.180–4.040
0.841
6.489
0.897–46.96
0.0640
Fever
No
Ref
Yes
0.273
0.0321–2.332
0.236
Agitation
No
Ref
Yes
12.44
0.851–181.8
0.0654
Seizure
No
Ref
Yes
8.289
1.394–49.28
0.0201
11.79
0.994–139.7
0.0506
3.363
0.237–47.78
0.370
Glucose
Normal
Ref
Elevated
7.973
0.785–80.97
0.0792
CSF culture
0.994
No growth
Ref
Growth
56.83
4.058–795.9
0.00270
62.75
3.623–1,087
0.00444
Protein (log base )
0.499
0.182–1.367
0.176
Model 1: normal versus any SNHL; Model 2: normal versus moderate SNHL; Model 3: normal versus severe SNHL. OR: odds ratio. The values are based on Wald tests. Only variables significant at value 0.1 level from the univariable models included for each model. Ref is the reference group. Estimates obtained from maximum likelihood.
