Univariate analysis of variables associated with six-month mortality in HIV infected patients with definite, probable and possible tuberculous meningitis (n = 56).¹

n, number of patients; N, total number of patients for whom analysis was performed; IQR, interquartile range; TB, tuberculosis; LP, lumbar puncture; ART, antiretroviral therapy; BMRC, British Medical Research Council; CD4, CD4+ cell count; WCC, total blood white cell count ; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid. *p-value statistically significant (<0.05). 1Analysis performed for HIV-infected patients who survived hospitalization for whom outcome was known at 6-month follow-up. One HIV-infected hospital survivor for whom ART treatment at TBM presentation was unknown excluded from analysis. 2Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) reported for categorical variables.