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.

-CoefficientOdds ratio (95% CI) value

Disease course of more than 4.5 days2.2399.384 (2.714–32.447)≤0.001
WBC count of less than 2.31810.157 (3.134–32.916)≤0.001
Serum sodium of less than 132.8 mmol/L1.1633.200 (1.089–9.407)0.034
CSF total WCC of less than 2.58613.278 (4.222–41.756)≤0.001
CSF % neutrophils of less than 59%1.3653.916 (1.423–10.779)0.008

WBC: white blood cell; CSF: cerebrospinal fluid; WCC: white cell count.