Table 2. Prediction of stroke severity and functional outcome.

Parameter	AUC	95% CI		p
Prediction of high clinical severity†
Gal-3	0.72	0.66	0.76	<0.001
CRP	0.58	0.52	0.65	0.012
Age	0.56	0.51	0.63	0.038
Combined score (Gal-3+CRP)	0.73	0.67	0.78	<0.01
Prediction of poor outcome‡
NIHSS	0.76	0.70	0.83	<0.001
Gal-3	0.76	0.70	0.82	<0.001
CRP	0.62	0.55	0.69	0.001
Age	0.60	0.53	0.66	0.010
Combined score (NIHSS+Gal-3)	0.82	0.77	0.87	<0.01

^†High clinical severity was defined as a NIHSS >5.

^‡Poor functional outcome was defined as a mRS 3-6.

NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; CRP, C–reactive protein; Gal-3, galectin-3; AUC, area under the curve; CI= confidence interval.