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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Stroke. 2014 Mar 18;45(5):1275–1279. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.003955

Table 3.

Predictors of prolonged |ΔLKN| between EMS-reported and neurologist-determined LKN times

Univariate Predictors of prolonged |ΔLKN| Multivariable Predictors of prolonged |ΔLKN|
Age p=0.17 β (SE) = 0.778 (0.330), p=0.016
Female gender p=0.57 Not included
African American p=0.35 Not included
Admission NIHSS p=0.90 Not included
Item 1A on NIHSS: Altered LOC p=0.39 Not included
Item 9 on NIHSS: Aphasia p=0.71 Not included
Onset-to-Arrival Time p<0.001 p=0.92
Wake-Up Stroke Symptoms, n (%) p<0.0001 β (SE) = 226.5 (35.7), p<0.0001
Brought in by EMS agency that had Stroke-Specific Training p=0.54 Not included

|ΔLKN| = absolute difference in EMS-reported and neurologist-determined last known normal times

β (SE) = Regression Coefficient (Standard Error)