The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 2 National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale among studied patients

From: Predictive value of cerebral collaterals on CT angiography on the outcome of patients with acute anterior ischemic stroke receiving thrombolysis treatment

	Functional outcome			P
	Total (n = 40)	Good (n = 26)	Poor (n = 14)	P
Baseline NIHSS	12.20 ± 3.50	11.69 ± 3.69	13.14 ± 3.01	0.21
Class				0.09
Moderate stroke	34 (85%)	24 (92.3%)	10 (71.4%)
Moderate-to-severe stroke	6 (15%)	2 (7.7%)	4 (28.6%)
Follow up NIHSS	6.05 ± 2.79	2.53 ± 1.12	12.57 ± 3.92	0.01
Class				0.01
Improved	28 (70%)	26 (100%)	2 (14.3%)
Not improved	12 (12%)	0	12 (85.7%)

Data expressed as mean (SD), frequency (percentage). P value was significant if < 0.05. n: number; NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale

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