Table 3.
Outcome data for the admitted ischemic stroke patients.
| Variables | No Pneumonia (n = 774) |
Pneumonia (n = 227) |
p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mean ± SD; Me/n (%) | mean ± SD; Me/n (%) | OR | CI − 95% | CI + 95% | |||
| Hospitalization time (days) | 9.34 ± 4.05; 8.0 | 15.43 ± 11.56; 13.0 | 1.168 | 1.131 | 1.206 | <0.001 | |
| NIHSS at discharge | 7.21 ± 10.02; 3.0 | 23.61 ± 13.75; 20.0 | 1.096 | 1.082 | 1.111 | <0.001 | |
| Rankin score at discharge | 1.99 ± 2.02; 1.0 | 4.79 ± 1.39; 5.0 | 2.090 | 1.884 | 2.317 | <0.001 | |
| Mortality until day 7 | 36 (4.65%) | 32 (14.10%) | 3.364 | 2.037 | 5.556 | <0.001 | |
| Mortality until day 30 | 63 (8.14%) | 104 (45.81%) | 9.542 | 6.612 | 13.771 | <0.001 | |
| Mortality until day 90 | 91 (11.76%) | 151 (66.52%) | 14.912 | 10.489 | 21.202 | <0.001 | |
| Mortality until year 1 | 135 (17.44%) | 169 (74.45%) | 13.792 | 9.706 | 19.598 | <0.001 | |
| Outcome | In-hospital death | 38 (4.91%) | 66 (29.07%) | 7.940 | 5.144 | 12.255 | <0.001 |
| Discharged home | 510 (65.89%) | 74 (32.60%) | 0.250 | 0.183 | 0.343 | <0.001 | |
| Nursing home | 44 (5.68%) | 48 (21.15%) | 4.449 | 2.864 | 6.912 | <0.001 | |
| Rehabilitation facility | 172 (22.22%) | 33 (14.54%) | 0.595 | 0.397 | 0.894 | 0.012 | |
| Another ward | 10 (1.29%) | 6 (2.64%) | 2.074 | 0.746 | 5.770 | 0.162 | |
Legend: n—number of patients, SD—standard deviation, Me—median, OR—odds ratio, CI—confidence interval, NIHSS—National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.