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

BMC Neurology

Table 3 Relation between body temperature and infarct size in patients with an infarct of >0 ml

	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 = 202	0.04	−0.32–0.40	0.83	1.10	0.83–1.48	0.53
Peak body temperature on day 1 n = 273	0.26	−0.04–0.57	0.09	1.19	0.95–1.48	0.13
Mean body temperature on day 1 n = 273	0.28	−0.43–0.99	0.44	1.23	0.50–3.03	0.65
Peak body temperature on day 2 n = 244	0.87	0.53–1.22	<0.001	1.43	1.07–1.91	0.02
Mean body temperature on day 2 n = 244	0.06	−0.59–0.72	0.85	0.64	0.27–1.05	0.31
Peak body temperature on day 3 n = 175	0.62	0.27–0.97	0.001	1.45	1.14–1.84	0.002
Mean body temperature on day 3 n = 175	0.90	0.22–1.60	0.01	1.49	0.73–3.10	0.28

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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