The Adverse Effect of Spasticity on 3-Month Poststroke Outcome Using a Population-Based Model

Table 1

Characteristics of patients with and without spasticity.

	No spasticity		Spasticity		𝑃  value
Age at time of stroke	68	25–93	59	29–89	<0.001
Black	63	23.0	21	38.9	0.100
Nonblack	211	77.0	33	61.1
Female	134	48.9	25	46.3	0.767
Male	140	51.1	29	53.7
Diabetes	103	37.6	22	40.7	0.759
Prior stroke	56	20.4	17	31.5	0.106
Severe periventricular white matter disease	50	18.5	5	9.4	0.159
Estimated NIHSS	4.0	0–23	6.0	0–25	0.019
Prestroke Rankin	1.0	0–4	1.0	0–4	0.667
Poststroke Rankin	3.0	0–5	3.0	1–5	0.003
3-month Rankin	2.0	0–5	3.0	1–5	0.000

Numbers are median and range or frequency and percent.