Table 2.

Multivariate analysis of possible predictive factors for developing poststroke pneumonia after large vessel occlusion.

Parameter	B	p-valuea	OR	95% CI of Exp (B)
Sociodemographic
Male sex	0.66	<0.000	1.94	1.60	2.34
mRS at admission ≥ 4	−0.23	0.169	0.79	0.57	1.10
Age ≥ 65 years	0.53	0.002	1.69	1.22	2.45
Symptoms at admission
NIHSS ≤ 4 (minor)	−0.24	0.683	0.78	0.24	2.53
NIHSS 5–15 (moderate)	−0.63	0.029	0.53	0.30	0.94
NIHSS 16–20 (severe)	−0.27	0.069	0.76	0.57	1.02
NIHSS ≥ 21 (very severe)	0.07	0.638	1.07	0.81	1.42
Aphasia	−0.03	0.773	0.97	0.78	1.20
Dysarthria	−0.10	0.380	0.91	0.74	1.12
Dysphagia	1.17	<0.000	3.24	2.49	4.21
Paresis	0.05	0.859	1.05	0.62	1.78
Impaired consciousness	1.33	0.003	1.72	1.58	1.90
Large vessel occlusion
MCA, M1	−0.15	0.275	0.87	0.67	1.12
MCA, M2	−0.01	0.970	1.00	0.75	1.32
Comorbidities
Atrial fibrillation	0.27	0.007	1.31	1.07	1.59
Hypertension	−0.14	0.300	0.87	0.66	1.14
Diabetes mellitus	0.33	0.002	1.39	1.12	1.71
Recanalization therapy
IVT or EVT	10.75	0.000	1.48	1.37	1.61
EVT	0.40	0.009	1.49	1.10	2.01
IVT	0.03	0.817	1.03	0.80	1.32
Failure of EVT	0.43	0.050	1.54	1.00	2.36

PSP, poststroke pneumonia; mRS, modified Rankin Scale; OR, odds ratio; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; MCA, middle cerebral artery; IVT, intravenous thrombolysis; EVT, endovascular treatment; failure of EVT, outcome worse than TICI 2b.

^aCalculated using a categorical binary logistic regression model.

The level of significance of (P <0.05) are shown in bold.