Mean platelet volume to platelet count ratio as a laboratory indicator of mortality in pneumonia following ischemic stroke

Table 1 Comparison between group 1 and group 2 regarding the demographic data, comorbidity and neurological scales as well as mortality risk

Risk factors	Group 1 (patients with pneumonia)	Group 2 (patients without pneumonia)	p value
Risk factors	51 (10%)	449 (90%)	p value
Age (year)	67.3 ± 10.2	59.2 ± 25.3	0.02^*
Sex, N (%)
Males	37 (73)	305 (68)	0.65
Females	14 (27)	144 (32)	0.65
Smoking	20 (39)	166 (37)	0.41
Comorbidity
Hypertension	36 (71)	323 (72)	0.32
Diabetes mellitus	15 (29)	139 (31)	0.73
COPD	6 (12)	72 (16)	0. 51
Neurological scales
GCS on admission	11.0 ± 3.0	12 ± 3.0	0.14
NIHSS	17.7 ± 5.9	10.2 ± 5.1	0.03^*
Mortality risk
Death within 30 days of admission	24 (53)	67 (15)	0.01^*

COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale
*Significant