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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addict Behav. 2015 Jul 6;51:24–30. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2015.07.001

Table 5. The association between acute insular stroke and time to relapse (in days) using crude and multivariable (adjusted) Cox proportional hazards modeling (n = 132).

Model Primary exposure
Covariates		 HR 95% CI P
Crude Acute insular infarct 0.37 0.19 - 0.73 <0.01
Adjusted Acute insular infarct 0.48 0.24 - 0.98 0.04
Age 1.00 0.97 - 1.02 0.73
Baseline FTND 1.08 0.95 - 1.24 0.24
NIHSS score 0.95 0.90 - 1.00 0.06
Post-admission NRT/ drug use 1.35 0.82 - 2.21 0.24
Mesocorticolimbic infarct 0.73 0.41 - 1.27 0.26
Intent to quit 0.63 0.31 - 1.26 0.19

HR, Hazard Ratio; CI, Confidence Interval; FTND, Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; NRT, Nicotine Replacement Therapy.