Table 3. Association between stroke outcome and serum cortisol.

Weeks	Outcome (mRS)	No.	Serum cortisol (Mean ± SD; nmol/L)	p-value	r-value between mRS and serum cortisol
1	Good (0-2)	14	201.00 ± 181.85	<0.001	0.676
	Moderate (3-4)	37	481.57 ± 187.59
	Poor (5-6)	49	701.65 ± 212.38
4	Good (0-2)	24	276.42 ± 198.11	<0.001	0.654
	Moderate (3-4)	32	519.62 ± 201.64
	Poor (5-6)	44	721.61 ± 191.83
24	Good (0-2)	26	296.88 ± 212.75	<0.001	0.650
	Moderate (3-4)	32	517.72 ± 193.56
	Poor (5-6)	42	731.60 ± 190.64