Table 1. Baseline characteristics and comorbidity of patients with and without post-stroke rehabilitation after propensity score matching.

	Rehabilitation (n = 4192)	Non-rehabilitation (n = 4192)	p value
Demographic factors
Age (y), mean ± SD	68.0 ± 12.4	67.9 ± 12.4	0.774
Male, n (%)	2,533 (60.4%)	2,521 (60.1%)	0.789
Comorbidities
Charlson Comorbidity Index	12.7 ± 1.85	2.72 ± 1.82	0.938
Hypertension	3,311 (79.0%)	3,310 (79.0%)	0.979
Diabetes mellitus	1,768 (42.2%)	1,744 (41.6%)	0.595
Osteoporosis	169 (4.0%)	171 (4.1%)	0.912
COPD	772 (18.4%)	736 (17.6%)	0.306
Congestive heart failure	386 (9.2%)	379 (9.0%)	0.791
Chronic kidney disease	371 (8.9%)	361 (8.6%)	0.699
Malignancy	256 (6.1%)	245 (5.8%)	0.612
Parkinsonism	128 (3.1%)	123 (2.9%)	0.749
Epilepsy	60 (1.4%)	64 (1.5%)	0.717
Dementia	208 (5.0%)	204 (4.9%)	0.840
Depression	179 (4.3%)	174 (4.2%)	0.786
Socioeconomic factors
Insurance premium			0.186
Fixed	1,204 (28.7%)	1,249 (29.8%)
1–19,999	1,658 (39.6%)	1,604 (38.3%)
20,000–39,999	1,046 (25.0%)	1,015 (24.2%)
≥40,000	284 (6.8%)	324 (7.7%)
Urbanization level			0.029
1 (Most urbanized)	1,067 (25.5%)	1,073 (25.6%)
2	1,119 (26.7%)	1,172 (28.0%)
3	795 (19.0%)	722 (17.2%)
4	709 (16.9%)	657 (15.7%)
5 (Least urbanized)	502 (12.0%)	568 (13.6%)
Stroke severity proxies
SSI score	6.07 ± 3.88	6.11 ± 4.36	0.599
ICU	534 (12.7%)	544 (13.0%)	0.744
Mechanical ventilation	157 (3.8%)	156 (3.7%)	0.954
Aphasia	52 (1.2%)	62 (1.5%)	0.346
Hemiplegia or paraplegia	500 (11.9%)	551 (13.1%)	0.093
Neurosurgery	22 (0.5%)	21 (0.5%)	0.878

Continuous data expressed as mean ± standard deviation and categorical data expressed as number (%)

Abbreviations: COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, SSI = Stroke severity index, ICU = Intensive Care Unit