Somatosensory and Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials Assessed between 4 and 7 Days after Severe Stroke Onset Predict Unfavorable Outcome

Table 1

Baseline characteristics and the brain lesions of patients with different outcomes at 6 months after stroke.

	Unfavorable outcome; (mRS 5-6)	Favorable outcome; (mRS 1–4)	value
Age, median (IQR)	70 (62–76)	60 (47–69)	<0.001
Gender
Male, (%)	52 (55.3)	42 (44.7)	0.623
Female, (%)	37 (59.7)	25 (40.3)
NIHSS baseline, median (IQR)	28 (24–32)	27 (22–34)	0.414
Hemisphere stroke
Left, (%)	47 (55.3)	38 (44.7)	0.745
Right, (%)	42 (59.2)	29 (40.8)
Etiology of the brain lesion
Infarction, (%)	73 (59.3)	50 (40.7)	0.323
Hemorrhage, (%)	16 (48.5)	17 (51.5)
Total, (%)	89 (57.1)	67 (42.9)

NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; IQR, interquartile range.