Table-I.

NIHSS score at different stages in the various etiology of diseases based on mean; NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale

	Large artery atherosclerosis	cardio aortic embolism	Occlusion of small vessels	Undetermined causes	P value
Admission NIHSS	14.62 ± 5.85	6.56 ± 1.54	3.62 ± 1.37	14.14 ±6.38	0.04
Seventh day NIHSS	13.12 ± 8.40	10.50 ± 8.56	6.86 ± 2.13	9.43 ± 3.88	0.2
Third month NIHSS	7.29 ± 5.02	4.92 ± 1.65	1.00 ± 0.54	3.33 ± 1.25	0.15

Note: Data are presented as Mean ± SD