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Table 1 Determinants of mortality after stroke for the acute and post-acute phases

From: Socioeconomic differences in one-year survival after ischemic stroke: the effect of acute and post-acute care-pathways in a cohort study

 

Acute phase 2–30 days (N = 9958)

Post acute phase 31–365 days (N = 7984)

 

% of patients

ORadj a

p value

% of patients

ORadj a

p value

Sex

      

 Women vs Men

50.0

1.18

0.010

47.3

1.02

0.824

Age in years

      

 35–65

18.1

1.00

<.0001c

21.6

1.00

<.0001c

 66–75

23.2

2.45

<.0001

25.9

2.24

<.0001

 76–85

38.2

5.20

<.0001

37.7

3.75

<.0001

 85+

20.4

11.17

<.0001

14.8

7.96

<.0001

Education level

      

Elementary

53.3

1.00

0.038c

49.5

1.00

0.101c

 Medium

28.7

0.88

0.132

30.7

0.87

0.123

 High

14.8

0.71

0.004

16.4

0.81

0.092

 University

3.2

0.69

0.096

3.4

0.55

0.021

Care-Pathway

 Hospital Performance

  Medium

38.5

1.00

0.025c

37.6

1.00

0.523c

  High

41.6

0.70

0.006

43.9

0.82

0.106

  Low

19.9

1.21

0.156

18.6

0.99

0.917

 Access to rehabilitation

   

33.0

0.93

0.402

 Treatment post-dischargeb

  Three drugs

   

23.0

1.00

<.0001c

  Two drugs

   

27.7

1.58

<.0001

  One drugs

   

15.5

2.15

<.0001

  No drugs

   

33.7

3.43

<.0001

p-value (test di Wald)

0.014

0.029

  1. aadjusted for risk factors selected from clinical history and previous use of drugs
  2. bnumber of antihypertensive, antithrombotic, or statin drugs
  3. cglobal Chi-Square test
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