Infection after Acute Ischemic Stroke: Risk Factors, Biomarkers, and Outcome

Table 5

Multivariate predictors of poor outcome (mRS 3–6) at 90 days.

	mRS 0–2	mRS 3–6	OR (95% CI)	𝑃
	𝑁=42	𝑁=52
Age (years)	66.7±1.7	75.9±1.3	1.10 (1.03–1.17)	.003
NIHSS	8.81±3.74	66.77±13.82	1.26 (1.09–1.46)	.001
Infection	5	34	6.34 (1.81–22.22)	.004

Data are shown as number for dichotomized variables, mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM) for normally distributed continuous variables or median (range) for abnormally distributed continuous variables. Binary logistic regression was used to calculate 𝑃 values and adjusted odds ratios (with 95% confidence intervals) for the multivariate model.
NIHSS: National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; mRS: modified Rankin scale.