Initial Stroke Severity Is the Major Outcome Predictor for Patients Who Do Not Receive Intravenous Thrombolysis due to Mild or Rapidly Improving Symptoms

Table 2

Logistic regression analyses for unfavorable outcome.

	Odds ratio	95% C.I.	P
Model 1
NIHSS score	1.44	1.03–2.02	0.034
Age	1.03	0.95–1.12	0.493
DBP	0.96	0.91–1.02	0.229
Atrial fibrillation	11.56	0.63–211.75	0.099
Artery stenosis	1.69	0.29–9.79	0.561
Improving symptom	2.29	0.37–14.02	0.372
Model 2
NIHSS ≧ 3 versus < 3	5.95	1.10–32.12	0.038
Age	1.04	0.95–1.12	0.459
DBP	0.96	0.91–1.02	0.216
Atrial fibrillation	5.21	0.24–110.98	0.290
Artery stenosis	2.57	0.45–14.61	0.285
Improving symptom	2.94	0.49–17.59	0.237