Table 3 Multivariate analyses: main findings.

	Follow up I		Follow up II
	p Value	Coefficient B	p Value	Coefficient B
Sex	0.006	9.8	0.036	7.4
HbA1c	0.001	6.5	0.004	5.3
Age	0.010	−0.4
NIHSS	<0.001	1.4
GDS‐20			<0.001	2.1
MMSE			0.004	1.1

Variables included in multivariate analyses: Dependent variable: VAS scores at follow up I and II. Baseline variables: sex, age, hypertension, diabetes, cardiac disease, NIHSS score, sensory disturbance, HbA1c, physical activity, main type stroke, OCSP. Barthel index scores at follow up I and II were included, and also MMSE and GDS‐20 at follow up II. Only variables with significant values are shown.

GDS, geriatric depression scale; HbA1c, glycosylated haemoglobin; MMSE, mini‐mental state examination; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health stroke scale.