Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Predictors of Disability in a Cohort of Jordanian Patients with the First Ischemic Stroke

Table 7

Variables with statistically significant correlation with the admission NIHSS score.

Variables		Mean NIHSS admission	Standard deviation	Factor	Value	Sig
Type of stroke
Large artery atherosclerosis	31	14.098	7.95133	F	14.228	0.000
Cardioembolism	10	8.4000	6.97199
Small vessel occlusion	77	5.9870	3.59639
Stroke of other determined etiology	9	5.4444	4.45724
Stroke of undetermined etiology	15	6.4667	4.68838
Smoking
Yes	35	10.7714	7.55406	T	3.244	0.001
No	107	7.0187	5.32169
mRS score
0-2	71	4	2.23607	T	9.979	0.000
3-6	71	11.8873	6.27364
Age
Less than 50 years old	15	5.000	4.69586	T	1.984	0.049
More than 50 years old	127	8.2913	6.21329