Table 2. AIS score at admission and at discharge grouped by etiology, and AIS improvement from admission to discharge.
| AIS score | TSCI (n = 102) | NTSCI (n = 72) | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Admission | Discharge | Admission | Discharge | ||
| A | 36 (35%) | 33 (32%) | 7 (10%) | 6 (8%) | 0.0001*1 |
| B | 14 (14%) | 7 (7%) | 6 (8%) | 2 (3%) | 0.27341 |
| C | 23 (23%) | 11 (11%) | 15 (21%) | 8 (11%) | 0.78791 |
| D | 23 (23%) | 41 (40%) | 35 (47%) | 46 (64%) | 0.0003*1 |
| E | 1 (1%) | 4 (4%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (3%) | 0.40081 |
| Unknown | 5 (5%) | 6 (6%) | 9 (13%) | 8 (11%) | 0.07041 |
| Improvement | |||||
| ≥ 1 | 25 (26%) | 13 (18%) | 0.4382 | ||
| >1 | 7 (7%) | 3 (4%) | – | ||
1Wilcoxen test comparing AIS score at admission in NTSCI vs TSCI.
2Logistic regression model unadjusted.
The information is presented as number of patients (percentage).*indicates significance.