Epidemiological trends and neurological outcomes of pediatric central nervous system infections in rural part of western India

Table 5 Univariate analysis of factors associated with mortality and neurological sequelae in pediatric central nervous system infections

Variable	Deaths	Neurological sequelae (%)
Age < 5 years	12.6a	16.9
Age ≥ 5 years	6.2	11.1
Male sex	8.6	13.0
Female sex	10.3	15.5
Altered sensorium present	18.9b	17.1
No altered sensorium	4.8	11.4
Seizures present	11.3	21.7a
Seizures absent	8.0	8.3

^aP < 0.05 (χ² test).

^bP < 0.01 (χ² test).

Values represent the percentage of deaths and neurological sequelae among each subgroup. Data with P > 0.05 are not indicated.