Pre-stroke adherence to a Mediterranean diet pattern is associated with lower acute ischemic stroke severity: a cross-sectional analysis of a prospective hospital-register study

Table 2 Adjusted Gamma regression model of adherence to Mediterranean diet and admission NIHSS^b scores

Variable	Adjusted Coefficient^a	95% Confidence interval		P value
High adherence to Mediterranean diet^c	−0.1995912	−0.3625112	−0.0364712	0.016
Age	0.0255986	0.0004482	0.0507489	0.046
Longer time from symptom onset to admission	−0.0000643	− 0.0000981	−0.0000304	< 0.0001
Cardioembolic etiology	1.581582	0.263316	2.899848	0.019 0.043
Diabetes Mellitus	1.833642	0.0329643	3.63432	0.046
Vessel occlusion	6.217865	4.314902	8.120828	< 0.0001

^aAdjusted for: Age, Diabetes Mellitus, alcohol consumption, sedentary lifestyle, previous dependency, time from symptom onset to hospital admission, vessel occlusion, body mass index, admission glucose, total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, cardioembolic stroke etiologies. ^bNIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale. ^cHigh adherence to Mediterranean diet = MEDAS scores 7–14

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