Table 3. Patients' characteristics according to the leptin tertiles at admission.
Values are presented as mean±standard deviation or median (interquartile range) or number (%).
BMI, body mass index; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; K-MBI, Korean version of modified Barthel Index.
a)p<0.05 vs. upper tertile group. b)p<0.05 vs. middle tertile group.