Table 3.

The results from generalized linear mixed models on disability.

Variables	Disability (mRS 2–5)
	Model I				Model II				Model III
	OR	95% CI		p	OR	95% CI		p	OR	95% CI		p
		Lower	Upper			Lower	Upper			Lower	Upper
Intercept				0.9160				0.2702				0.5672
Time	0.551	0.463	0.655	<0.0001	0.511	0.421	0.620	<0.0001	0.491	0.401	0.603	<0.0001
Cognitive impairment	16.528	3.536	77.249	0.0004	12.655	2.563	62.471	0.0020	7.384	1.041	52.407	0.0456
NIHSS (at discharge)					1.161	0.835	1.613	0.3730	1.133	0.798	1.607	0.4834
premorbid disability					13.692	2.537	73.881	0.0025	16.012	2.678	95.723	0.0025
Hypertension					2.152	0.503	9.205	0.2998	1.954	0.412	9.259	0.3968
Education years									0.933	0.723	1.203	0.5900
Having a caregiver									7.052	0.550	90.373	0.1326

For the mRS, (1) model I was a basic model adjusted for time and cognitive impairment; (2) model I plus NIHSS, premorbid disability, and hypertension (model II); and (3) model II plus education and having a caregiver (model III).

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