Table 2.

Relationship between white matter hyperintensity (WMH) volume, clinical indices and stroke outcome measures using Spearman rank correlation test

Clinical Indices	WMH volume
	Rho	p-value
Age	0.21	0.02*
Weight	−0.10	0.32
Height	0.01	0.94
BMI	−0.07	0.51
W/H ratio	0.22	0.01*
Systolic BP	0.16	0.12
Diastolic BP	0.19	0.07
WBC count	−0.17	0.11
Platelet count	0.19	0.04*
HbA1c	−0.04	0.73
Total Cholesterol	0.09	0.41
Triglyceride	0.03	0.71
Fasting glucose	0.13	0.32
mRS	0.24	0.01*
NIHSS	0.29	<0.001**
Barthel Index	−0.20	0.03*

BMI: Body Mass index, W/H ratio: Waist-hip ratio, WBC: White Blood Cell, HbA1c: Hemoglobin Alc concentration, mRS: Modified Rankin Score, NIHSS: National Institute of Health Stroke Scale