Elevated plasma D-dimer levels are associated with short-term poor outcome in patients with acute ischemic stroke: a prospective, observational study

Table 3 Adjusted odds ratios for poor outcome according to plasma D-dimer levels

	Quartile 1	Quartile 2	P value	Quartile 3	P value	Quartile 4	P value	P for trend
OR (95% CI)^a	1	2.139 (1.348–3.393)	0.001	2.518 (1.596–3.974)	0.000	3.800 (2.420–5.965)	0.000	0.000
OR (95% CI)^b	1	2.021 (1.225–3.334)	0.006	2.503 (1.527–4.105)	0.000	3.181 (1.964–5.201)	0.000	0.000
OR (95% CI)^c	1	2.028 (1.208–3.405)	0.007	2.246 (1.345–3.749)	0.002	2.257 (1.349–3.777)	0.002	0.004

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, OR^a adjusted for age, sex, and body mass index, OR^b as note a with additional adjustment for smokers, alcohol drinkers, atrial fibrillation, diabetes, hypertension, CAD, dyslipidemia, previous stroke, and stroke etiology, OR^c as note b with additional adjustment for baseline SBP, DBP, FBG, and NIHSS, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, FPG fasting plasma glucose, NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale

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