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. 2022 Aug 5;11(16):e025425. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.121.025425

Table 2.

Patterns of Follow‐Up Change in mRS Between Days 1, 28, 90, 180, and 365

Day 1 (n=1276) Day 28 (n=1263) Day 90 (n=1253) Day 180 (n=1249) Day 365 (n=1246)
Worsening, n (%) 24 (2) 34 (3) 44 (4) 66 (5)
No change, n (%) 536 (42) 676 (54) 853 (68) 1002 (80)
Improving, n (%) 703 (56) 543 (43) 352 (28) 178 (15)
Incremental deaths, n (%) 9 (1) 12 (1) 7 (1) 18 (1)
mRS, mean (SD) 3.3 (0.0) 2.6 (0.0) 2.1 (0.0) 1.8 (0.0) 1.7 (0.0)
mRS, median (IQR) 4 (1) 3 (1) 2 (2) 1 (2) 1 (2)
mRS change, mean (SD) −0.8 (0.9) −0.5 (0.8) −0.3 (0.6) −0.1 (0.6)

Worsening, no change, and improving refer to the difference between the participant’s mRS score at one assessment compared with the previous. For example, at day 90, 34 (3%) individuals had a worse (higher) mRS score than at day 28. Incremental deaths refer to new deaths between follow‐ups. IQR indicates interquartile range; and mRS, modified Rankin Scale.