Table 4.

Multiple Regression Analysis of Acute Ischemic Stroke Outcome

	Discharge NIHSS score		Discharge BI score		Hospital stay
Variable	Coefficient (SE)	p-value	Coefficient (SE)	p-value	Coefficient (SE)	p-value
Admission NIHSS score	0.776 (0.038)	<0.001	–	–	–	–
Admission BI score	–	–	0.660 (0.040)	<0.001	–	–
Hypertension	–	–	−5.148 (2.391)	0.032	–	–
Diabetes mellitus	0.932 (0.280)	0.001	–	–	–	–
Qi deficiency	0.635 (0.269)	0.019	−4.212 (2.121)	0.048	3.493 (1.482)	0.019
Fire-heat	–	–	−5.211 (2.143)	0.016	2.909 (1.481)	0.051

BI, Barthel Index; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; SE, standard error.