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. 2014 May 14;4(5):e004358. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004358

Table 2.

Comparison of physical function at baseline between patients tested with PASS at both time points and patients who were not retested with PASS at 3 months, N=167

Variables Tested and retested with PASS
n=105
Not retested with PASS
n=62
p Value Statistic
n Median (IQR) Min, max n Median (IQR) Min, max
PASS 105 32 (5) 17, 36 62 30 (5) 18, 36 <0.001 M-W
FAC; n (%) 105 5 (1) 1, 5 62 4 (2) 0, 5 0.293 χ2 test
 
 0 0 (−) 1 (2)
 1 2 (2) 2 (3)
 2 5 (5) 4 (7)
 3 17 (16) 17 (27)
 4 26 (25) 13 (21)
 5 55 (52) 25 (40)
NIHSS 105 3 (2) 0, 13 62 3 (3) 0, 26 0.378 M-W
BI* 104 100 (0) 65, 100 62 100 (10) 5, 100 0.043 M-W
mRS 105 2 (1) 0, 4 62 2 (1) 0, 4 0.233 χ2 test
 mRS; n (%)
 0 8 (8) 3 (5)
 1 23 (22) 12 (19)
 2 59 (56) 29 (47)
 3 11 (11) 14 (23)
 4 4 (4) 4 (7)

  n Mean (SD) Min, max n Mean (SD) Min, max

TIS-modNV 105 10.73 (3.64) 3, 16 62 9.43 (3.90) 1, 16 0.799 t test
TUG m/s 105 0.59 (0.27) 0.00, 1.27 62 0.41 (0.26) 0.00, 1.00 <0.001 t test
5mTW m/s† 94 0.99 (0.37) 0.00, 1.84 59 0.78 (0.40) 0.00, 1.62 0.002 t test

Significant values marked in italic.

*Missing information on one patient.

†13 Patients were not tested at baseline.

5mTW, 5 m timed walk; BI, Barthel Index; FAC, functional ambulation categories; M-W, Mann-Whitney U test; mRS, modified Rankin Scale; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; PASS, Postural Assessment Scale for Stroke; TIS-modNV, Trunk Impairment Scale modified Norwegian version; TUG, timed Up-and-Go.