The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 7 Relation between potentially 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
Migraine
Yes	7.50 ± 6.61	0.266	3.00 ± 1.41	0.265
No	10.31 ± 5.81		3.58 ± 1.02	0.265
Antiphospholipid syndrome
Yes	16.00	0.333	3.00	0.833
No	7.82 ± 4.87		2.55 ± 0.93	0.833
Factor V Leiden mutation
Yes	8.00 ± 5.41	0.600	2.44 ± 1.01	0.482
No	10.00 ± 5.29		3.00 ± 0.00	0.482
Protein C
Normal	9.60 ± 5.02	0.121	2.80 ± 0.79	0.121
Deficient	3.00		1.50 ± 0.71	0.121
Protein S
Normal	9.00 ± 5.16	0.333	2.64 ± 0.92	0.500
Deficient	3.00		2.00	0.500

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