The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 6 Relation between modifiable risk factors and ischemic 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 factor	NIHSS		mRS
Risk factor	Mean ± standard deviation	P value	Mean ± standard deviation	P value
Hypertension
Yes	11.05 ± 5.91	0.023*	3.80 ± 0.94	< 0.001*
No	8.92 ± 5.48		3.19 ± 1.06	< 0.001*
Diabetes mellitus
Yes	9.43 ± 5.18	0.221	3.60 ± 0.97	0.927
No	10.68 ± 6.12		3.55 ± 1.06	0.927
Smoking
Yes	10.29 ± 6.37	0.766	3.57 ± 1.01	0.901
No	10.21 ± 5.45		3.57 ± 1.05	0.901
Obesity
Yes	10.15 ± 6.97	0.634	3.30 ± 1.17	0.211
No	10.26 ± 5.68		3.61 ± 1	0.211
Cardio-embolic
Yes	11.52 ± 6.64	0.085	3.75 ± 1.10	0.044*
No	9.53 ± 5.21		3.47 ± 0.97	0.044*
Carotid stenosis
≥ 50%	17.17 ± 6.31	0.011*	4.50 ± .55	0.017*
< 50%	9.99 ± 5.67		3.53 ± 1.2	0.017*
Dyslipidemia
Yes	10.33 ± 5.88	0.834	3.28 ± 1.16	0.201
No	10.13 ± 5.79		3.58 ± 1.01	0.201

*P is significant if < 0.05

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