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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2013 Jan 22;22(7):1156–1162. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2012.11.021

Table 2.

Independent Predictors of Favorable Outcome At Discharge Among 579 Stroke Patients in Lima, Peru, 2008–2009

Unadjusted
 Adjusted*
Characteristic RR 95% CI Test of
Trend		 RR 95% CI Test of
Trend
Male 1.2 (1.0, 1.4) 1.2 (1.0, 1.5)
Age
   19–49 1.0 Reference <0.001 1.0 Reference 0.02
   50–69 0.8 (0.6, 1.0) 0.9 (0.7, 1.1)
   70+ 0.6 (0.4, 0.7) 0.7 (0.5, 0.9)
Marital Status
   Cohabitating/Married 1.0 Reference 1.0 Reference
   Single 1.2 (0.9, 1.5) 1.0 (0.8, 1.2)
   Divorced 1.1 (0.8, 1.4) 1.3 (1.1, 1.7)
Insurance 0.7 (0.5, 1.1) 0.7 (0.5, 1.0)
NIHSS
   0–4 1.0 Reference <0.001 1.0 Reference <0.001
   5–7 0.5 (0.4, 0.6) 0.5 (0.4, 0.6)
   8–12 0.5 (0.4, 0.6) 0.5 (0.4, 0.6)
   13+ 0.2 (0.1, 0.2) 0.2 (0.1, 0.3)
*

Adjusted for all other variables