The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 5 Relation between non-modifiable risk factors and stroke severity and disability at presentation using NIHSS and mRS

From: Risk factors of acute ischemic stroke in patients presented to Beni-Suef University Hospital: prevalence and relation to stroke severity at presentation

Risk factors	NIHSS		mRS
Risk factors	Mean ± standard deviation	P value	Mean ± standard deviation	P value
Age
15–45	8.25 ± 4.84	0.092	2.75 ± 0.99	< 0.001*
46–90	10.58 ± 5.92		3.71 ± 0.97	< 0.001*
Sex
Male	10.01 ± 6.29	0.343	3.49 ± 1.06	0.359
Female	10.52 ± 5.26		3.66 ± 0.98	0.359
Family history
+ve	10.09 ± 5.45	0.909	3.35 ± 1.15	0.296
−ve	10.27 ± 5.90		3.60 ± 1.01	0.296
History of TIA
Yes	10.33 ± 4.39	0.725	4.00 ± 0.71	0.215
No	10.24 ± 5.91		3.54 ± 1.04	0.215
History of previous stroke
Yes	10.67 ± 5.19	0.316	3.83 ± 0.80	0.063
No	10.08 ± 6.06		3.47 ± 1.09	0.063
Pregnancy and postpartum
Yes	6.33 ± 5.77	0.364	2.67 ± 1.15	0.439
No	9.00 ± 4.71		3.15 ± 0.99	0.439

*P is significant if < 0.05

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