Respiratory Function and Grip Strength in the Acute Phase of Stroke Are Associated with Stroke Severity and Disability at Hospital Discharge
Table 6
Association between the demographic, clinical, respiratory function, and grip strength variables and the degree of dependence, as measured by the Barthel index.
Variable
Barthel at discharge
Barthel 90 days after discharge
Age (years)
-0.204
0.172
-0.179
0.233
NIHSS at admission
-0.218
0.144
-0.137
0.363
NIHSS at discharge
-0.483
<0.001
-0.217
0.148
Glycaemia
0.031
0.836
-0.035
0.815
Weight
-0.085
0.569
0.250
0.093
Height
-0.163
0.278
-0.140
0.353
BMI
0.022
0.883
0.278
0.062
AC
0.119
0.429
0.234
0.177
RR
0.025
0.869
0.095
0.259
CR
-0.064
0.667
-0.059
0.694
SPO2
-0.215
0.150
-0.218
0.145
SBP
0.127
0.400
0.114
0.447
DBP
-0.027
0.857
0.186
0.215
MBP
-0.017
0.911
0.126
0.401
MIP
0.027
0.855
0.178
0.235
MEP
0.019
0.899
0.138
0.358
Handgrip affected side
0.103
0.493
0.094
0.533
Handgrip nonaffected side
0.025
0.870
0.002
0.986
Hospital stay
-0.045
0.768
0.059
0.693
: correlation coefficient; NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke scale; BMI: body mass index; AC: abdominal circumference; RR: respiratory rate; HR: heart rate; SPO2: saturation of peripheral oxygen; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; MBP: median blood pressure.
