Stroke and Disorders of Consciousness

Table 1

Stroke severity in patients with and without disorders of consciousness on admission and discharge.

Stroke severity	Patients without disorders of consciousness			Patients with disorders of consciousness			𝑃 value*
	n	X	±SD	n	X	±SD
NIHSS score at admission	147	7.9	5.1	54	19.9	9.5	<0.001
NIHSS score at discharge	141	4.3	3.9	24	11.4	10.5	0.003

X: mean; SD: standard deviation; *: Student's 𝑡-test.