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Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 May;85(5):1556–1563. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.02.035

Table 4.

Stroke Details Stratified by Timing of Stroke

	Time to Stroke^a
Detail	≤24 Hours	>24 Hours	p Value^b
Patient, total	46	156
NIHSS^c	16.6 ± 8.2	10.9 ± 8.3	0.0002
Length of stay
ICU	12.2 ± 12.0	9.2 ± 13.0	0.22
Hospital	28.1 ± 36.9	20.4 ± 22.5	0.21
Disposition
No rehabilitation	1 (2.2)	61 (39.1)	<0.001
Rehabilitation	14 (30.4)	68 (43.6)	0.11
Death	31 (67.4)	27 (17.3)	<0.001

^a

Continuous variables are reported as mean ± SD, and categoric variables are reported as number (%)

^b

Student t test, χ² test, or Fisher exact test, where appropriate

^c

Median value ± interquartile range (25th and 75th percentiles) represented for NIHSS.

ICU = intensive care unit; NIHSS = National Institute of Health Stroke scale.