Skip to main content

Table 2 Mean NIHSS score among stroke subtypes

From: Association between insufficient medication of antihypertensives and the severity of acute ischemic stroke

Stroke subtypes

Case

Adherence

Insufficient medication

P

Large artery atherosclerosis

731

4.4 ± 4.4

6.1 ± 6.5

.004*

Small vessel occlusion

260

2.7 ± 1.8

3.8 ± 3.5

.014*

Cardioembolism

214

9.3 ± 7.4

12.7 ± 11.0

.141

Undetermined etiology

316

7.0 ± 6.8

8.4 ± 8.3

.194

Total

1521

5.5 ± 5.7

6.5 ± 7.2

.017

  1. Data are mean ± SD values. P values for T-test within each stroke subtype
  2. *P < .05