Table 2.

Utility according to demographic variables, risk factors, and severity.

Parameters		Utility	p
Sex	Male	0.67 ± 0.27	0.030
	Female	0.58 ± 0.29
Age		R: −0.156	0.046
Years of education		R: 0.081	0.306
Smoking	No	0.62 ± 0.27	0.670
	Yes	0.64 ± 0.31
Alcohol	No	0.64 ± 0.29	0.306
	Yes	0.58 ± 0.27
Dyslipidaemia	No	0.63 ± 0.26	0.763
	Yes	0.62 ± 0.31
Diabetes mellitus	No	0.64 ± 0.28	0.316
	Yes	0.59 ± 0.29
Hypertension	No	0.67 ± 0.26	0.078
	Yes	0.59 ± 0.29
Atrial Fib.	No	0.64 ± 0.27	0.199
	Yes	0.53 ± 0.35
Coronaryheart disease	No	0.62 ± 0.29	0.521
	Yes	0.68 ± 0.24
AMI	No	0.62 ± 0.28	0.465
	Yes	0.67 ± 0.30
PAD	No	0.64 ± 0.28	0.047
	Yes	0.43 ± 0.30
Baseline NIHSS		R: −0.188	0.016

R: correlation coefficient.