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Table 3 Frequency of and trend for the most common complications in the 2003 and 2013 cohort

From: Complications in the first week after stroke: a 10-year comparison

  

2003

 

2013

Stroke severity

n

Fever

Chest infection

Prog. stroke

MI

UTI

Falls

n

Fever

Chest infection

Prog. stroke

MI

UTI

Falls

  

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Very severe

61

34 (55.7)

29 (47.5)

18 (29.5)

8 (13.1)

12 (19.7)

2 (3.3)

26

18 (69.2)

11 (42.3)

0

1 (3.8)

5 (19.2)

3 (11.5)

Severe

58

32 (55.2)

14 (24.1)

12 (20.7)

8 (13.8)

9 (15.5)

4 (6.9)

24

11 (45.8)

6 (25.0)

3 (12.5)

0

4 (16.7)

5 (20.8)

Moderate

111

23 (20.7)

4 (3.6)

41 (36.9)

4 (3.6)

31 (27.9)

20 (18.0)

58

10 (17.2)

1 (1.7)

1 (1.7)

0

8 (13.8)

10 (17.2)

Mild

124

19 (15.3)

7 (5.6)

13 (10.5)

1 (0.8)

20 (16.1)

10 (8.1)

49

5 (10.2)

0

3 (6.1)

0

5 (10.2)

3 (6.1)

Very mild

135

8 (5.9)

1 (0.7)

6 (4.4)

1 (0.7)

6 (4.4)

4 (3.0)

28

2 (7.1)

0

2 (7.1)

0

0

1 (3.6)

Total number

489

116 (23.7)

55 (11.2)

90 (18.4)

22 (4.5)

78 (16.0)

40 (8.2)

185

46 (24.9)

18 (9.7)

9 (4.9)

1 (0.5)

22 (11.9)

22 (11.9)

p-value for trenda

 

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

0.001

0.34

 

<0.001

<0.001

0.46

0.070

0.025

0.091

  1. Very severe: SSS = 0–14, severe: SSS = 15–29, moderate: SSS = 30–44, mild: SSS = 54–51, very mild: SSS = 52–59
  2. aCochran-Armitage test for trend