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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transl Stroke Res. 2018 Aug 3;10(4):342–351. doi: 10.1007/s12975-018-0648-5

Table 2.

Correlation between serum BDNF level on admission and functional independence measure (FIM) outcomes in all samples.

Variable FIM motor on admission FIM motor on discharge FIM total on discharge Gain of FIM motor scores
r P r P r P r P
BDNF 0.162 0.002* 0.173 0.001* 0.155 0.004* 0.131 0.014*

FIM, functional independence measure; BDNF, brain-derived neurotrophic factor.

*

, P <0.05.