Table 4.

Association between SCC reported in various time periods after stroke and cognitive recovery according to education level.

Reported time of post-stroke SCC	151–180 d	121–150 d	91–120 d	61–90 d	31–60 d	15–30 d	within 14 d	For tend
Patients with high level of education (n = 250)
Cognitive recovery, n (%)	8 (16.67)	8 (16.67)	2 (4.17)	9 (18.75)	7 (14.58)	5 (10.42)	9 (18.75)	/
No cognitive recovery, n (%)	14 (6.93)	13 (6.44)	23 (11.39)	24 (11.88)	31 (15.35)	25 (12.38)	72 (35.64)	/
OR	Reference group	1.077	0.152	0.656	0.395	0.35	0.219	0.793
95% CI	Reference group	0.312–3.71	0.028–0.821	0.206–2.09	0.12–1.305	0.096–1.278	0.072–0.665	0.679–0.925
P-value	0.024	0.907	0.029	0.476	0.128	0.112	0.007	0.003
Patients with low level of education (n = 333)
Cognitive recovery, n (%)	7 (21.88)	1 (3.13)	3 (9.38)	1 (3.13)	6 (18.75)	1 (3.13)	13 (40.63)	/
No cognitive recovery, n (%)	27 (8.97)	17 (5.65)	20 (6.64)	28 (9.3)	42 (13.95)	29 (9.63)	138 (45.85)	/
OR	Reference group	0.227	0.579	0.138	0.551	0.133	0.363	0.879
95% CI	Reference group	0.026–2.01	0.133–2.519	0.016–1.196	0.167–1.816	0.015–1.153	0.133–0.995	0.746–1.036
P-value	0.262	0.183	0.466	0.072	0.327	0.067	0.049	0.123

SCC, Subjective cognitive complaints; CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.