Table 1. Patient demographic and clinical characteristics.

The data are shown as the median [interquartile range] or as the number as appropriate. Statistically significant findings are shown in bold (p<0.05).

F: female; FIM-motor: motor component of the functional independence measure; H: hemorrhagic; I: ischemic; M: male, SIAS-motor: motor component of the stroke impairment assessment set.

	First-ever stroke (n=151)	Recurrent stroke (n=35)	p-value
Age (years)	76 [67‐83]	77 [68‐87]	0.896
Sex (M/F)	86/65	25/10	0.110
Type of stroke (H/I)	59/92	10/25	0.240
Days from onset	26 [18‐37]	32 [21‐44]	0.169
FIM-motor at admission	39 [20‐58]	26 [15‐52]	0.109
SIAS-motor total at admission	15 [7‐21]	11 [5‐19]	0.056
Total hospital stay (days)	117 [74‐171]	159 [101‐181]	0.027
FIM-motor at discharge	79 [56‐87]	54 [23-83]	0.002
SIAS-motor total at discharge	19 [11‐23]	13 [6‐19]	0.012