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Table 3 Contingency table comparing those who died to those who survived among 54 patients with TBM

From: Tuberculous meningitis: presentation, diagnosis and outcome in hiv-infected patients at the douala general hospital, cameroon: a cross sectional study

 

Died

Survived

P-value (Fisher’s exact)

Age >40years

   

 Yes

21

4

0.5

 No

22

7

Sex

   

 Male

30

0

0.001

 Female

13

11

Headache

   

 Yes

33

4

0.4

 No

10

7

Neck stiffness

   

 Yes

24

7

0.7

 No

19

4

Focal signs

   

 Yes

22

0

0.002

 No

21

11

Hydrocephalus

   

 Yes

20

4

0.01

 No

4

6