Table 2.

Modified rankin scale and odds ratio according to homocysteine quartiles.

	OR	95%CI	P-value
Homocysteine quartile, μmol/L
Q1 (2.26~11.50, reference)
Q2 (11.50~15.50)	1.83	0.49–6.81	0.370
Q3 (15.50~23.85)	2.29	0.62–8.43	0.241
Q4 (23.85~138.90)	13.65	3.58–51.97	<0.001*
Sex	0.711	0.181–2.80	0.626
Age	1.00	0.966–1.04	0.965
Alcohol consumption	1.65	0.495–5.48	0.415
Current smoking status	0.468	0.138–1.59	0.223
Diabetes mellitus	0.981	0.324–2.97	0.974
Hemoglobin level	1.00	0.978–1.03	0.771
Uric acid level	0.999	0.994–1.00	0.598
NIHSS on admission	1.61	1.38–1.86	<0.001*

CI – confidence interval; NIHSS – National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; OR – odds ratio. ORs were calculated using a logistic regression model after adjusting for sex, age, alcohol consumption, current smoking status, diabetes mellitus, hemoglobin level, and uric acid level.

^*P<0.05.