[Table/Fig-1]:

Baseline characteristics of the patients with reference to serum ALP levels

	<60	60-79	80-99	100-119	>120	p-value
Gender	3	15	5	3	9	0.36
Previous Stroke	0	4	1	2	3	0.85
Hypertension	2	13	4	8	10	0.046
Diabetes	2	7	5	3	4	0.68
Current Smoking	2	8	3	0	6	0.12
Heart Disease	0	7	2	5	4	0.32
NIHSS	3.5±0.5774	5.87± 3.6	6.0± 2.93	13.86±6.56	9.27± 6.42	0.0008
HBA1C	6.3±0.75	6.82±1.14	7.5±1.18	7.64±2.44	6.6±0.98	0.299
LDL	193.25±13.84	164.86±28.55	173.0± 19.25	156.86± 33.01	137.09± 55.0	0.06
Triglycerides	201.5±96.04	159.38±59.32	183.12±79.60	147.75±37.36	157.18±52.71	0.5
HDL	36.5±4.65	38.14±4.46	37.37±2.19	38.62±4.40	36.36±6.43	0.8
Systolic BP	147.5±23.63	159.52±30.54	153.75±23.26	180±15.11	170±24.9	0.15
Albumin	3.95±0.98	3.88±0.32	3.73±0.28	3.67±0.38	4.15±0.47	0.062
Calcium	8.66±0.22	8.83±0.22	8.7±0.41	8.7±0.2	8.66±0.38	0.56