Low total cholesterol level is the independent predictor of poor outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke: a hospital-based prospective study

Table 4 Un-adjusted OR (95 % CI) of TC levels in the outcomes at 3, 12, and 36 months after stroke in acute ischemic stroke patients

Outcomes	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5
3 months:
Mortality	1.00	0.72 (0.51, 1.03)	0.68 (0.47, 0.97)^a	0.91 (0.66, 1.27)	1.04 (0.75, 1.44)
Dependency	1.00	0.96 (0.74, 1.24)	0.81 (0.62, 1.07)	0.83 (0.64, 1.09)	1.07 (0.83, 1.39)
Recurrence	1.00	0.87 (0.66, 1.14)	0.80 (0.60, 1.05)	0.79 (0.60, 1.05)	1.02 (0.78, 1.33)
12 months:
Mortality	1.00	0.91 (0.67, 1.23)	0.71 (0.51, 0.99)^a	0.98 (0.72, 1.32)	1.27 (0.95, 1.70)
Dependency	1.00	0.84 (0.69, 1.03)	0.82 (0.67, 1.01)	0.89 (0.73, 1.09)	0.91 (0.74, 1.11)
Recurrence	1.00	0.90 (0.74, 1.09)	0.85 (0.70, 1.04)	0.93 (0.76, 1.13)	0.94 (0.77, 1.15)
36 months:
Mortality	1.00	1.05 (0.79, 1.38)	0.86 (0.64, 1.15)	1.03 (0.78, 1.37)	1.21 (0.92, 1.60)
Dependency	1.00	0.79 (0.64, 0.99)^a	0.75 (0.60, 0.94)^a	0.80 (0.64, 0.99)^a	0.79 (0.63, 0.99)^a
Recurrence	1.00	0.87 (0.70, 1.07)	0.80 (0.64, 0.99)^a	0.83 (0.67, 1.03)	0.82 (0.66, 1.01)

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