Table I.

Baseline characteristics of the study population.

Characteristic	Non-pneumonia group (n=74)	Pneumonia group (n=32)	P-value
Age (years)	68.85±2.40	73.71±6.30	<0.0001
Hypertension	23	18	NS
Metabolic syndrome	16	10	NS
Coronary artery disease	15	11	NS
Admission NIHSS score	9.6±0.7	14.50±0.6	<0.0001
Dysphagia	9	11	<0.0001
Length of hospital stay (days)	10.2±0.5	19.3±3.2	<0.0001

Data presented are mean ± SD. NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; NS, no significance.