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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 9.
Published in final edited form as: Stroke. 2015 Jan 27;46(3):717–721. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.006737

Table 2.

Predictors of Treatment With Antihypertensive Medication Among Those With Severe Hypertension Arriving Within 4.5 h of Stroke Onset

Odds Ratio (95% CI) P Value
Female sex 0.76 (0.24, 2.38) 0.64
Age, y 1.00 (0.96, 1.05) 0.97
Black 2.10 (0.61, 7.26) 0.24
NIHSS 1.03 (0.94, 1.13) 0.52

Adjusted odds ratios are reported. Generalized linear models were used for analysis to account for the study design. CI indicates confidence interval; and NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.