Pretreatment with statins improves early outcome in patients with first-ever ischaemic stroke: a pleiotropic effect of statins or a beneficial effect of hypercholesterolemia?

Table 4 Results of multivariate analyses

Variable	β	SE (β)	Odds ratio (95% CI)	Pvalue
In-hospital mortality*
Atrial fibrillation	0.804	0.143	2.23 (1.69-2.96)	0.000
Congestive heart failure	0.728	0.235	2.07 (1.31-2.28)	0.002
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	0.539	0.216	1.71 (1.12-2.62)	0.013
Age	0.047	0.008	1.05 (1.03-1.06)	0.000
Statin use before stroke	-0.568	0.234	0.57 (0.36-0.89)	0.002
Favourable outcome (mRS grades 0-2)^†
Statin use before stroke	0.274	0.139	1.32 (1.01-1.73)	0.049
Congestive heart failure	-0.926	0.353	0.40 (0.20-0.79)	0.009

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