Higher Blood Glucose within the Normal Range Is Associated with More Severe Strokes

Table 2

Variables associated with admission stroke severity (FIM) linear-regression model parameters*.

	Partial correlation	95% conf. limits		P value
Fasting blood glucose	−0.165	−0.263	−0.063	0.002
Age	−0.156	−0.254	−0.054	0.003
Gender	−0.108	−0.209	−0.006	0.043
Ethnic group	0.045	−0.058	0.147	0.403
BMI	0.156	0.054	0.254	0.003
Systolic blood pressure	0.031	−0.072	0.133	0.562
Temperature	−0.152	−0.251	−0.050	0.004
Days since stroke	−0.349	−0.436	−0.256	0.000
Atrial fibrillation	−0.012	−0.115	0.091	0.822
Heart disease	0.022	−0.081	0.124	0.687
Hypertension	0.025	−0.078	0.127	0.644

*Multiple R: 0.484167; 𝑅²: 0.234417.