Table 3.
The Spearman correlation between pre- and post-stroke contributing variables that increase or decrease HGS and SMI among Egyptian and Chinese populations.
| Pre-Stroke Variables | Post-Stroke Variables | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Age | Smoking | Drinking | HTN | DM | IHD | Dyslipidemia | Rehabilitation | FIM Motor | FIM Cognitive | MNA-SF | NIHSS |
| HG in Egyptian | −0.405 ** | 0.294 ** | ----- | −0.058 | −0.450 ** | −0.375 ** | −0.363 ** | 0.037 | 0.568 ** | 0.455 ** | 0.624 ** | −0.664 ** |
| HG in Chinese | −0.222 ** | 0.280 ** | 0.229 ** | 0.003 | −0.094 | −0.003 | −0.254 ** | 0.153* | 0.233 ** | 0.173 * | 0.583 ** | −0.173 * |
| SMI in Egyptian | −0.303 ** | 0.458 ** | ---- | −0.110 | −0.173 ** | −0.184 ** | −0.063 | 0.110 | 0.171 * | 0.198 ** | 0.298 ** | −0.268 ** |
| SMI in Chinese | 0.030 | 0.161 * | 0.169 * | 0.053 | −0.015 | 0.087 | −0.148* | 0.022 | 0.111 | 0.046 | 0.215 ** | −0.048 |
** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed). * Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed). HTN (hypertension), DM (diabetes mellitus), IHD (ischemic heart disease), SMI (skeletal muscle index), HG (hand grip), FIM (functional independence measure), MNA-SF (Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form), NIHSS (National Institute of Health Stroke Scale).