The Relationship between Ischemic Stroke Patients with and without Retroflex Tongue: A Retrospective Study

Table 4

The comparison of NIHSS and Barthel Index of ischemic stroke patients with retroflex and nonretroflex tongue.

Variable	Retroflex tongue		value
	With ()	Without ()
NIHSS ≥ 9, (%)	81 (43.8)	93 (75.6)	<0.001
Barthel Index ≤ 17, (%)	46 (24.9)	74 (60.2)	<0.001

Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test; has significant statistical differences.