Table 3.

Coefficients of GEE models of effective predictors of each functional status measure in patients with stroke over a 1-year period after propensity score matching (n = 546).

Variables	BI	FOIS	EQ-5D	IADL	BBS	MMSE
Group PAC vs. non-PAC	2.24 *	0.46 *	−0.47 **	0.15 **	1.94 *	0.27 *
Gender Male vs. female	0.01	0.02	−0.02	0.15	0.76	0.07
Age, years	−0.20 **	−0.02	0.02 ***	−0.01 **	−0.17 ***	−0.07 **
Education, years	0.12	0.01	0.04	0.01	−0.13	0.02
BMI, kg/m2	0.23	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.07	0.07
Stroke type Ischemic vs. hemorrhagic	0.14	0.15	−0.43 *	0.23 *	−0.08	−0.18
CCI, score	1.78	−0.01	−0.03	−0.19	1.42	−0.33
Length of stay, days	0.04	−0.01	0.01	−0.01	0.02	0.01
UTI Yes vs. no	−1.56	−0.04	0.30	0.02	−0.86	1.11
Renal disease Yes vs. no	0.41	0.06	0.18	0.01	−1.27	0.24
Hypertension Yes vs. no	−2.26	0.03	−0.05	0.04	−1.67	0.07
Diabetes Yes vs. no	−0.18	0.05	0.14	0.23	−0.33	0.64
Hyperlipidemia Yes vs. no	1.80	0.13	−0.11	0.09	0.29	−0.06
Functional status before rehabilitation	0.82 ***	0.69 ***	−0.74 ***	0.86 ***	0.83 ***	0.73 ***

Abbreviations: GEE = generalized estimating equations; BI = Barthel Index; FOIS = Functional Oral Intake Scale; EQ-5D = EuroQoL Quality of Life Scale; IADL = Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale; BBS = Berg Balance Scale; MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination; PAC = post-acute care; BMI = body mass index; CCI = Charlson comorbidity index; UTI = urinary tract infection. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001.