Table 4.

Multivariate linear regression analyses of factors associated with admission costs in stroke patients

	IS				HS
Admission cost, USD	Factors	Linear regression coefficient	95 % CI	P value	Factors	Linear regression coefficient	95 % CI	P value
	Initial NIHSS score	112.4	79.5 to 145.2	<0.001	Initial NIHSS score	39.26	0.02 to 78.50	0.051
	Heart rate, bpm	35.1	20.8 to 49.5	<0.001	Infection	1920.00	892.84 to 2947.16	<0.001
	Hemoglobin, mg/dl	−116.4	−220.3 to −12.4	0.028
	Infection	1502.3	967.2 to 2037.3	<0.001
	Low SBP (≤110 mmHg)	1197.2	55.8 to 2338.6	0.040
	High SBP (≥ 211 mmHg)	1763.8	−8.4 to 2526.0	0.051

IS ischemic stroke, HS hemorrhagic stroke, USD US dollar, bpm beats per minute, NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, SBP systolic blood pressure