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. 2017 May 2;19(2):229–231. doi: 10.5853/jos.2016.01109

Table 2.

Proportion of patients achieving mRS 0.2 at discharge according to 20 strata based on age and initial NIHSS score

NIHSS score Age
Total (n=1991)
≤49 (n=201) 50-59 (n=360) 60-69 (n=446) 70-79 (n=655) ≥80 (n=329)
0-5 (n=637) 81.1 (71.5–88.6) 73.1 (65.4–79.9) 79.7 (72.5–85.8) 73.8 (66.9–79.9) 64.7 (50.1–77.6) 75.4 (71.8–78.7)
(73/90) (114/156) (122/153) (138/187) (33/51) (480/637)
6-10 (n=576) 66.7 (53.3–78.3) 63.5 (54.0–72.3) 60.6 (51.6–69.2) 53.6 (46.3–60.7) 55.1 (43.4–66.4) 58.7 (54.5–62.7)
(40/60) (73/115) (77/127) (105/196) (43/78) (338/576)
11-15 (n=405) 57.6 (39.2–74.5) 51.9 (37.6–66.0) 42.7 (32.3–53.6) 27.9 (20.6–36.1) 26.4 (17.7–36.7) 36.3 (31.6–41.2)
(19/33) (27/52) (38/89) (39/140) (24/91) (147/405)
>15 (n=373) 38.9 (17.3–64.3) 21.6 (9.8–38.2) 24.7 (15.6–35.8) 23.5 (16.6–31.7) 12.8 (7.2–20.6) 21.2 (17.1–25.7)
(7/18) (8/37) (19/77) (31/132) (14/109) (79/373)
Total (n=1991) 69.2 (62.3–75.5) 61.7 (56.4–66.7) 57.4 (52.7–62.0) 47.8 (43.9–51.7) 34.7 (29.5–40.1) 52.4 (50.2–54.7)
(139/201) (222/360) (256/446) (313/655) (114/329) (1044/1991)

Values are presented as % (95% confidence interval) and n/N (n is the number of patients achieving mRS 0-2 at discharge and N is the patient number included in each cell).

mRS, modified Rankin Scale; NIHSS, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale.