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. 2017 Oct 26;4(1):e000230. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2017-000230

Table 2.

Stroke patient group details

Stroke severity on day of testing (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score, most severely impaired score 42) Median (IQR) 4 (2 to 6)
Range 0 to 21
Stroke lesion in left or right brain? 18 left brain
9 right brain
Proportion left brain 0.67
Thrombolysed with alteplase? 17 thrombolysed
10 not thrombolysed
Proportion thrombolysed 0.63
Number of days post stroke when tested Median (IQR) in days 3 (2 to 6)
Range in days 1 to 14
Total length of stay in hospital Median (IQR) in days 9 (3 to 27)
Range in days 2 to 78

For further explanation of the NIHSS see supplementary file 1.