Table 5. Relative hazard of death following the receipt of acute care interventions by stroke subtype and GCS.
Subtype, HR (95% CI) | GCS, HR (95% CI) | ||||||
Infarction | PICH | p-value** | <9 | 9–12 | 13–15 | p-value** | |
Stroke unit admission | 0.74(0.62–0.89) | 0.39(0.27–0.57) | 0.0052 | 0.44(0.33–0.58) | 0.48(0.33–0.70) | 0.98(0.78–1.23) | 0.0238 |
50% of stay on a stroke unit | 0.79(0.66–0.96) | 0.56(0.37–0.86) | 0.0875 | 0.60(0.45–0.81) | 0.73(0.49–1.07) | 0.93(0.72–1.22) | 0.8396 |
50% of stay on a stroke unit* | 1.05(0.78–1.41) | 1.35(0.68–2.68) | 0.8410 | 1.27(0.75–2.17) | 1.52(0.85–2.69) | 0.77(0.51–1.15) | 0.3486 |
Brian imaging | 0.43(0.30–0.62) | 0.47(0.14–1.58) | 0.2520 | 0.37(0.23–0.62) | 0.49(0.19–1.30) | 0.90(0.48–1.66) | 0.2929 |
Swallow test done | 0.78(0.57–1.07) | 0.68(0.41–1.12) | 0.1014 | 0.66(0.45–0.96) | 0.38(0.21–0.71) | 1.17(0.73–1.87) | 0.0134 |
Aspirin given inthe acute phase | NA | NA | NA | 0.33(0.18–0.61) | 0.29(0.12–0.67) | 0.77(0.43–1.36) | 0.0007 |
PTOT | 0.47(0.32–0.68) | 0.07(0.03–0.22) | <0.0001 | 0.13(0.07–0.24) | 0.20(0.09–0.46) | 0.83(0.40–1.71) | <0.001 |
PTOT* | 0.46(0.27–0.80) | 0.04(0.01–0.22) | 0.0041 | 0.10(0.04–0.23) | 0.16(0.04–0.73) | 0.85(0.36–2.01) | 0.0005 |
SALT | 0.45(0.32–0.64) | 0.21(0.09–0.45) | 0.0141 | 0.15(0.09–0.26) | 0.12(0.05–0.29) | 1.38(0.76–2.48) | <0.001 |
SALT* | 0.52(0.34–0.81) | 0.26(0.09–0.76) | 0.2736 | 0.11(0.05–0.25) | 0.21(0.05–0.95) | 1.32(0.70–2.48) | <0.001 |
excluding patients not admitted to a su.
P<0.005 considered statistically significant.
NA not applicable.