Table 6 Mortality and mRS and characteristics of the patients
From: Incidence and predictive factors of diaphragmatic dysfunction in acute stroke
Mortality | mRS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mortality n (%) | No n (%) | p | Good pr. n (%) | Poor pr. n (%) | p | |
Female sex | 3 (10.3) | 26 (89.7) | 0.666 | 19 (65.5) | 10 (34.5) | 0.855 |
Hypertension | 4 (10.5) | 34 (89.5) | 0.643 | 23 (60.5) | 15 (39.5) | 0.185 |
Dyslipidaemia | 3 (10.7) | 25 (89.3) | 0.533 | 17 (60.7) | 11 (39.3) | 0.360 |
Diabetes | 3 (16.7) | 15 (83.3) | 0.154 | 10 (55.6) | 8 (44.4) | 0.232 |
Smoking | 0 | 20 (100) | 0.099 | 18 (90) | 2 (10) | 0.008 |
Poor performance status | 3 (12.5) | 21 (87.5) | 0.380 | 14 (58.3) | 10 (41.7) | 0.264 |
Previous severe dyspnoea | 0 | 3 (100) | 1 | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | 0.255 |
COPD | 0 | 4 (100) | 1 | 2 (50) | 2 (50) | 0.595 |
SAHS | 0 | 6 (100) | 1 | 4 (66.7) | 2 (33.3) | 1 |
Cardioembolic origin | 0 | 42 (100) | 0.002 | 32 (76.2) | 10 (23.8) | 0.034 |
Sensory aphasia | 1 (20) | 4 (80) | 0.363 | 0 | 5 (100) | 0.003 |
Reperfusion treatment | 3 (12) | 22 (82) | 0.640 | 15 (60) | 10 (40) | 0.412 |
Severe hemiparesis | 1 (2.1) | 47 (97.9) | 0.004 | 38 (79.2) | 10 (20.8) | < 0.001 |
Age, mean ± SD | 69.5 ± 10.5 | 68.9 ± 9.4 | 0.872 | 67.2 ± 8.9 | 73.4 ± 10.1 | 0.288 |
NIHSS, median [25%:75%] | 21 [18.5:24] | 4 [3:9] | < 0.001 | 4 [2:8] | 10 [5:20] | 0.006 |
TF basal breathing %, mean ± SD | 0.14 ± 0.04 | 0.28 ± 0.19 | < 0.001 | 0.31 ± 0.20 | 0.19 ± 0.13 | 0.004 |
TF forced inspiration %, mean ± SD | 0.40 ± 0.06 | 0.48 ± 0.25 | 0.143 | 0.51 ± 0.26 | 0.40 ± 0.20 | 0.061 |
Mortality | – | – | – | 0 | 5 (100) | 0.003 |
RI | 5 (8.3) | 28 (84.8) | 0.043 | 17 (51.7) | 16 (48.5) | 0.007 |