Clinical Profile and Outcome of Japanese Encephalitis in Children Admitted with Acute Encephalitis Syndrome

Table 4

Association of independent variables and outcome of children with JE.

Symptoms/variables	Total patients (𝑛=61)	Fatal	Percentage (%)	Significance
(1) Age(years)
<1	2	0	0	NS
1 to 5	17	2	11.76
5 to 12	42	7	16.66
(2) Gender
Male	29	4	13.79	NS
Female	32	5	15.63
(3) Duration of illness prior to admission
<7 days	39	7	17.95	NS
≥7 days	13	2	15.38
(4) GCS
3 to 8	26	7	26.92	S
(5) Meningeal signs	33	6	18.18	NS
(6) CSF cell count, cell/mm^3; >5 cells/mm^3	47	5	10.64	NS
(7) CSF protein concentration; >40 mg/dL	32	4	12.5	NS

NS: Not significant, S: Significant at 95% level.