Research Article
Outcome Predictors in First-Ever Ischemic Stroke Patients: A Population-Based Study
Table 4
Cox proportional hazards analysis.
| | Dependent variable: mortality | | HR | 95% CI | |
| Covariate | | | | Age ≥85 | 2.02 | 1.65–2.47 | <0.0001 | Rankin before stroke 3–5 | 1.82 | 1.46–2.26 | <0.0001 | Charlson index ≥2 | 1.97 | 1.61–2.42 | <0.0001 | AF | 1.43 | 1.04–1.98 | 0.0302 | NIHSS ≥16 | 3.54 | 2.87–4.36 | <0.0001 | Large-artery atherosclerosis | 4.90 | 0.68–35.10 | 0.1144 | Cardioembolism | 5.39 | 0.74–39.10 | 0.0966 | Small-vessel occlusion | 3.87 | 0.54–27.76 | 0.1789 | Stroke of undetermined etiology | 5.91 | 0.83–41.89 | 0.0764 |
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HR: hazard ratio; C;. confidence interval; NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; AF: atrial fibrillation.
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