Burden, clinical outcomes and predictors of time to in hospital mortality among adult patients admitted to stroke unit of Jimma university medical center: a prospective cohort study

Table 4 Predictors of in hospital mortality among adult stroke patients admitted to stroke unit of JUMC from March 10–July 10, 2017

Variables		Dead	alive	CHR 95%CI	P value	AHR 95%CI	P value
GCS of the patient on hospital arrival	≤8	10	7	18.44 (5.06–67.24)	< 0.001
	9–12	12	21	8.53 (2.41–30.22)	0.01
	13–15	3	63	1.00
NIHSS at hospital arrival	> 13	24	49	15.06 (2.04–111.37)	0.008	22.58(2.95–172.56)	0.003*
NIHSS at hospital arrival	< 13	1	42	1.00
Urine/ bladder incontinence	Yes	16	28	2.56 (1.13–5.80)	0.024	3.48 (1.48–8.17)	0.004*
Urine/ bladder incontinence	No	9	63	1.00
Comatose presentation	Yes	7	4	6.21 (2.56–15.07)	< 0.001
Comatose presentation	No	18	87	1.00
Ways of stroke diagnosis	Clinically	17	38	3.37 (1.43–7.94)	0.005	4.96 (1.96–12.54)	0.001*
Ways of stroke diagnosis	Imaging	8	53	1.00
Type of the stroke	Hemorrhagic	18	38	3.05 (1.27–7.31)	0.012
Type of the stroke	Ischemic	7	53	1.00
Brain edema complication	Yes	18	17	6.93 (2.90–16.63)	< 0.001	6.27 (2.50–15.76)	< 0.001*
Brain edema complication	No	7	74	1.00
Swallowing difficulty	Yes	6	7	3.02 (1.19–7.64)	0.02
Swallowing difficulty	No	19	84	1.00
Aspiration pneumonia complication	Yes	11	12	3.50 (1.60–7.72)	0.002
Aspiration pneumonia complication	No	14	79	1.00
Previous history of medication	No	16	39	2.29 (1.01–5.20)	0.047
Previous history of medication	Yes	9	52	1.00

AHR Adjusted hazard ratio, CHR Crudes hazard ratio, GCS Glasgow coma scale, NIHSS National institute of health stroke
*Statistically significant at p < 0.05

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