Table 3.

In-hospital First-time Stroke Mortality Predictors (Cox regression Hazard Ratio) and concomitant 95% Confidence Intervals (95% CI).

Variables	Hazard Ratio (HR)	95.0% CI
		Lower	Upper
Socio-Demographic:
Age: 70+ vs. < 70 years	0.950	0.601	1.500
Gender: Females vs. Males	1.317	0.856	2.025
Altitude: Low vs. High	1.220	0.778	1.913
Nationality: Non-Saudi vs. Saudi	1.644	0.905	2.985
History:
Family History of stroke: Yes vs. No	0.646	0.277	1.511
Diabetes Mellitus: Yes vs. No	0.721	0.429	1.210
Hypertension: Yes vs. No *	1.776	1.056	2.988
Hypercholesterolemia: Yes vs. No	1.208	0.738	1.977
Current Smoker: Yes vs. No *	2.363	1.202	4.643
Obesity: Yes vs. No	1.322	0.884	1.977
Atrial Fibrillation: Yes vs. No	1.016	0.531	1.943
Clinical Condition on Admission:
Level of consciousness: Drowsy or unconscious vs. alert *	6.861	3.942	11.941
Mobility: Immobile vs. mobile *	2.605	1.559	4.352
Hospital arrival time: 3 h+ vs. < 3 h	1.319	0.827	2.104
In-hospital compilations:
Deep Vein Thrombosis: Yes vs. No	0.873	0.197	3.879
Pulmonary Embolism: Yes vs. No *	2.636	1.516	4.585
Pneumonia: Yes vs. No	0.700	0.447	1.096

* Significant Hazard ratio.