Risk Factors for Hearing Loss in Children following Bacterial Meningitis in a Tertiary Referral Hospital

Table 6

Multivariable multinomial and ordered logistic regression.

Variables	Multinomial				Ordered logistic
	Normal versus moderate		Normal versus severe		Normal versus moderate		Normal versus severe
	RRR	95% CI	RRR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Age category
2–11 months	Ref
12–60 months	4.519	0.622–32.85	0.435	0.108–1.756	0.746	0.223–2.490	0.746	0.223–2.490
>61 months	0.310	0.00790–12.13	0.114*	0.00983–1.326	0.299	0.0437–2.046	0.299	0.0437–2.046
Gender
Male	Ref
Female	3.363	0.682–16.59	1.662	0.437–6.318	1.773	0.564–5.571	1.773	0.564–5.571
Fever
No	Ref
Yes	0.206*	0.0351–1.209	2.907	0.629–13.44	1.359	0.348–5.311	14.22***	2.304–87.77
CSF culture
No growth	Ref
Growth	225.8***	5.987–8.518	51.35***	3.189–826.6	12.45***	2.720–56.99	12.45***	2.720–56.99
Seizure
No	Ref
Yes	2.752	0.244–31.03	13.85**	1.353–141.7	24.02**	2.107–274.0	24.02**	2.107–274.0
Agitation
No	Ref
Yes	8.165**	1.257–53.02	0.701	0.188–2.612	0.639	0.215–1.897	0.639	0.215–1.897
Coma score
>8	Ref
<8					8.108***	1.856–35.41	8.108***	1.856–35.41
Cranial nerve palsy
No	Ref
Yes					22.21***	2.652–186.1	22.21***	2.652–186.1

In parentheses, ***𝑃<0.01, **𝑃<0.05, and *𝑃<0.1. RRR: relative risk ratio; OR: odds ratio. The 𝑃 values are based on Wald tests. Estimates obtained by maximum likelihood.