Table 3.

Spearman’s correlations of between GNRI, BMI, NIHSS, Ablumin, and Barthel index

Variable	Barthel index
	r a	P
GNRI	0.702	<0.001
GNRI grades	0.611	<0.001
NIHSS	-0.407	<0.001
BMI	0.211	<0.001
Albumin	0.666	<0.001

Abbreviations: GNRI geriatric nutritional risk index, NIHSS National Institute of Health Stroke Scale, BMI body mass index

^aadjusted for age, sex, drinking, smoking, the infarct type, comorbidity, thrombolytic therapy, and CRP