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Table 3 Association of categories of admission CRP with two different measures of stroke severity (NIHSS, OCSP), stroke etiology (TOAST), stroke outcomes (mRS, BI, mortality) and future vascular events in the 'Bergen stroke study' (n = 498)

From: Admission C – reactive protein after acute ischemic stroke is associated with stroke severity and mortality: The 'Bergen stroke study'

  

CRP in Categories*

 
  

<3

3–9.9

> = 10

p-value

NIHSS

<7

79

73

60

0.01

 

7–13

10

16

24

 
 

14+

11

11

16

 
 

Total

100

100

100

 

OCSP

LACI

25

25

25

0.006

 

TACI

16

14

29

 
 

PACI

41

49

26

 
 

POCI

19

12

20

 
 

Total

100

100

100

 

TOAST

Atherosclerosis

11

16

11

0.04

 

Cardioembolic

21

28

38

 
 

Small Vessel Disease

17

16

13

 
 

Other

3

2

5

 
 

Unknown

49

38

34

 
 

Total

100

100

100

 

BI

>95

76

71

60

0.03

 

<95

24

29

40

 
 

Total

100

100

100

 

mRS

0–1

49

44

33

0.04

 

2

25

25

24

 
 

3–6

26

31

44

 
 

Total

100

100

100

 

Mortality

30-day

4

5

9

9.5E-08

 

6 months

4

11

20

 
 

12 months

5

13

31

 
 

2 years

8

15

44

 

Future Vascular Events

30-day

3

3

2

0.98

 

6 months

8

6

5

 
 

12 months

11

9

11

 
 

2 years

12

12

17

 
  1. NIHSS = National Institute of Health Stroke Score
  2. OCSP = Oxford Community Stroke Project Classification
  3. TOAST = Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment
  4. mRS = Modified Rankin scale
  5. BI = Barthel index
  6. * Percentages within each CRP categories are shown columns
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