From: Complications in the first week after stroke: a 10-year comparison
2003 | 2013 | |||||||
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Stroke severity | No. of patients | One or more complications | No. of patients | One or more complications | RD | 95 % CI | ||
n | % | n | % | |||||
Very severe | 61 | 50 | 82.0 | 26 | 24 | 92.3 | −0.10 | −0.23 to 0.08 |
Severe | 58 | 45 | 77.6 | 24 | 16 | 66.7 | 0.11 | −0.09 to 0.33 |
Moderate | 111 | 82 | 73.9 | 58 | 26 | 44.8 | 0.29 | 0.43 to 0.14 |
Mild | 124 | 50 | 40.7 | 49 | 13 | 26.5 | 0.14 | −0.02 to 0.27 |
Very mild | 135 | 25 | 18.4 | 28 | 5 | 17.9 | 0.01 | −0.18 to 0.13 |
p-value for trenda | <0.001 | <0.001 |