Research Article
[Retracted] A Diagnostic Scoring System for Distinguishing between Tuberculous and Bacterial Meningitis Based on Clinical and Laboratory Findings
Table 4
Multivariate logistic regression analysis about the converted categorical variables.
| | -Coefficient | Odds ratio (95% CI) | value |
| Disease course of more than 4.5 days | 2.239 | 9.384 (2.714–32.447) | ≤0.001 | WBC count of less than | 2.318 | 10.157 (3.134–32.916) | ≤0.001 | Serum sodium of less than 132.8 mmol/L | 1.163 | 3.200 (1.089–9.407) | 0.034 | CSF total WCC of less than | 2.586 | 13.278 (4.222–41.756) | ≤0.001 | CSF % neutrophils of less than 59% | 1.365 | 3.916 (1.423–10.779) | 0.008 |
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WBC: white blood cell; CSF: cerebrospinal fluid; WCC: white cell count.
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