Community hospital-based stroke programs: North Carolina, Oregon, and New York: III. Factors influencing survival after stroke: Proportional hazards analysis of 4219 patients

George Howard, Michael D. Walker, Caroline Becker, Bruce Coull, John Feibel, Kenneth McLeroy, James F. Toole, Frank Yatsu

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Abstract

The possible effect of age, race, sex, consciousness upon admission, geographic location, and history of selected risk factors on the survival after stroke due to infarction or hemorrhage was determined using proportional hazards analysis (Cox regression). For each diagnostic category the most significant prognostic factor was consciousness upon admission. Increasing age, cardiac disease, or previous stroke also decreased the survival time of patients with infarctions. For patients with cerebral hemorrhage, no other variable was significant after control for consciousness level.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)294-299
Number of pages6
JournalStroke
Volume17
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1986
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Clinical Neurology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Advanced and Specialized Nursing

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