Table 4.
Predictors of in-hospital mortality in patients.
| Variables | Stroke |
Univariate OR |
Multivariate OR |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alive n = 116% | Dead N = 62% |
COR (95% CI) | p-value | AOR (95% CI) | p-value | ||
| Sex | Male | 67 (57.8) | 24 (38.7) | ref | ref | ||
| Female | 49 (42.2) | 38 (61.3) | 1.44 [1.18–2.65] | 0.33 | [1.15–1.73] | 0.88 | |
| Age group (years) | <40 | 10 (8.6) | 3 (4.8) | ref | ref | ||
| 40 to 49 | 23 (19.8) | 5 (8.1) | 0.43 [0.23–0.79] | 0.006 | 2.72 [0.03–228] | 0.658 | |
| 50 to 59 | 41 (35.3) | 11 (17.4) | 0.19 [0.09–0.42] | <0.0001 | 0.35 [0.01–12.7] | 0.570 | |
| 60 to 69 | 30 (25.9) | 13 (21.0) | 0.01 [0.01->20] | 0.076 | – | – | |
| 70 to 79 | 7 (6.1) | 16 (25.8) | 0.96 (0.02–0.70] | 0.002 | 1.35 [0.01–12.7] | 0.0012 | |
| >80 | 5 (4.3) | 14 (22.6) | 0.43 [0.04–0.60) | <0.0001 | 2.92 [0.03–228] | 0.0001 | |
| Marital status | Single | 22 (19.0) | 10 (16.1) | ref | ref | ||
| Married | 74 (63.8) | 33 (53.2) | 0.34 [0.20–0.59] | <0.001 | 0.70 [0.06–8.48] | 0.780 | |
| Separated | 15 (12.9) | 6 (9.6) | 1.50 [0.15–15.00] | 0.730 | – | – | |
| Widowed | 5 (4.3) | 13 (20.9) | 0.01 [0.01->20] | 0.999 | – | – | |
| Hypertension | No | 13 (11.2) | 15 (24.2) | ref | ref | ||
| Yes | 103 (88.8) | 47 (75.8) | 2.15 [1.57–4.48] | 0.0003 | 2.2 [1.32–3.80] | 0.001 | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | No | 107 (92.4) | 34 (54.8) | ref | ref | ||
| Yes | 9 (7.8) | 28 (45.2) | 1.41 [0.73–2.70] | 0.01 | 0.39 [0.02–9.59] | 0.65 | |
| Dyslipidemia | No | 105 (90.5) | 41 (66.1) | ref | – | – | |
| Yes | 11 (9.4) | 21 (33.7) | 0.83 [0.42–1.65] | 0.60 | – | – | |
| Alcohol use | No | 90 (77.6) | 24 (38.7) | ref | – | – | |
| Yes | 26 (22.4) | 38 (61.3) | 0.31 [0.16–0.60] | 0.89 | – | – | |
| Tobacco smoking | No | 37 (31.9) | 19 (30.6) | ref | ref | ||
| Yes | 79 (68.1) | 43 (69.4) | 0.39 [0.20–0.77] | 0.007 | 0.7 [0.23 ->20] | 0.56 | |
| Atrial Fibrillation | No | 112 (96.6) | 55 (88.7) | ref | – | – | |
| Yes | 4 (34.5) | 7 (11.3) | 1.50 [0.15–15.00] | 0.730 | – | – | |
| Previous stroke | No | 108 (93.1) | 34 (54.8) | ref | ref | ||
| Yes | 8 (6.9) | 28 (45.2) | 2.29 [1.01–5.20] | <0.001 | 2.31 [1.43–5.74] | 0.001 | |
| GCS ≤8 on admission (Coma) | No | 112 (96.6) | 42 (67.7) | Ref | Ref | ||
| Yes | 4 (3.4) | 20 (32.3) | 3.2 [1.3–4.8] | <0.001 | 6.06 [3.17–12.79] | < 0.001 | |
| Urine infection | No | 95 (81.9) | 46 (74.2) | Ref | Ref | ||
| Yes | 21 (18.1) | 16 (25.8) | 1.27 [1.07–1.50] | 0.05 | 0.36 [0.17–0.79] | 0.18 | |
| Stroke diagnosis | Imaging | 89 (76.7) | 25 (40.3) | Ref | Ref | ||
| Clinical | 27 (23.2) | 37 (59.7) | 2.2 [3.11–7.18] | <0.001 | 3.11 [2.1–9.87] | < 0.001 | |
| Type of the stroke | Infarction | 83 (71.6) | 4 (6.5) | ref | ref | ||
| Hemorrhage | 6 (5.2) | 21 (33.9) | 3.05 [1.27–7.31] | 0.005 | 2.96 [1.96–9.54] | < 0.001 | |
| Undetermined | 27 (23.2) | 37 (59.7) | 3.50 [1.60–7.72] | 0.03 | 3.13 [1.3–6.1] | 0.001 | |
| Swallowing difficulty | No | 89 (76.7) | 51 (82.3) | ref | |||
| Yes | 27 (23.3) | 11 (17.4) | 0.80 [0.49–1.33] | 0.393 | – | – | |
| Aspiration pneumonia | No | 99 (85.3) | 33 (53.2) | ref | ref | ||
| Yes | 17 (14.7) | 29 (46.7) | 2.01 [1.96–7.94] | 0.001 | 3.03 [1.44–6.36] | 0.001 | |
| Seizure | No | 103 (88.8) | 53 (85.5) | ref | ref | ||
| Yes | 13 (11.2) | 9 (14.5) | 1.02 [1.43–7.94] | 0.03 | 1.12 [1.01–5.04] | 0.18 | |