Temporal profile of body temperature in acute ischemic stroke: relation to infarct size and outcome

BMC Neurology

Table 2 The relation between body temperature and infarct size

	Infarct size at day 3 (±2)			Functional outcome at 90 days
	After adjustment^a			After adjustment^a
	B	95%CI	P	RR	95%CI	P
Body temperature on admission n = 333	−0.15	−0.49–0.18	0.38	0.99	0.77–1.26	0.90
Peak body temperature on day 1 n = 404	0.31	0.04–0.59	0.02	1.20	0.99–1.46	0.06
Mean body temperature on day 1 n = 404	0.09	−0.41–0.60	0.71	1.38	0.84–2.28	0.21
Peak body temperature on day 2 n = 375	1.13	0.83–1.43	<0.001	1.52	1.17–1.99	0.002
Mean body temperature on day 2 n = 375	−0.27	−0.78–0.26	0.33	0.74	0.33–1.64	0.46
Peak body temperature on day 3 n = 306	0.80	0.48–1.12	<0.001	1.47	1.22–1.77	<0.001
Mean body temperature on day 3 n = 306	0.40	−0.18–0.97	0.17	1.64	0.83–3.25	0.16

B, regression coefficient in ml per additional 1.0 °C in body temperature; CI, confidence interval
^aAdjusted for age, sex, previous stroke, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, current smoking, treatment with intravenous alteplase, intra-arterial treatment and National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score on admission

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