Table 5.

Linear regression models assessing withdrawal symptom severity in the insular relative to non-insular group during hospitalization (n = 156)

	Primary exposure	WSWS			MNWS
Model	Covariates	β (95% CI)	SE	P	β (95% CI)	SE	P
Crude	Acute insular infarct	−3.31 (−5.05, −1.58)	0.88	<0.001	−0.61 (−0.99, −0.23)	0.19	<0.001
Adjusted	Acute insular infarct	−3.12 (−4.97, −1.27)	0.94	<0.001	−0.48 (−0.86, −0.09)	0.20	0.02
	Baseline FTND	0.34 (−0.06, 0.74)	0.20	0.09	0.08 (0.00, 0.17)	0.04	0.05
	NRT use during admission	1.81 (0.09, 3.53)	0.87	0.04	0.63 (0.27, 0.99)	0.18	<0.001
	Age	−0.01 (−0.08, 0.05)	0.03	0.67	0.00 (−0.01, 0.02)	0.01	0.93
	NIHSS score	0.06 (−0.08, 0.20)	0.07	0.38	0.00 (−0.03, 0.03)	0.01	0.83
	Mesocorticolimbic infarct	−0.68 (−2.33, 0.98)	0.84	0.42	−0.11 (−0.46, 0.24)	0.18	0.52
	Intent to quit	−0.30 (−2.26, 1.67)	0.99	0.77	−0.14 (−0.55, 0.27)	0.21	0.50

WSWS, Wisconsin Smoking Withdrawal Scale; MNWS, Minnesota Nicotine Withdrawal Scale; CI, Confidence Interval; SE, Standard Error; FTND, Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence; NIHSS, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; NRT, Nicotine Replacement Therapy.