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Predictors of short‐ and long‐term mortality in first‐ever ischaemic older stroke patients
Author(s) -
Hsu ChiaYu,
Hu GwoChi,
Chen YiMin,
Chen ChiuHsiang,
Hu YuNing
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
australasian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 1440-6381
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2012.00653.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , stroke (engine) , proportional hazards model , confidence interval , cardiology , coronary heart disease , mechanical engineering , engineering
Aim Predictors of short‐ and long‐term all‐cause mortality of older stroke patients were explored. Methods C ox regression models were used to estimate the relative risk and 95% confidence intervals ( CI ) in the database entries of 636 older stroke patients aged 70 years and over. Results N ational I nstitutes of H ealth S troke S cale ( NIHSS ) score on admission, age and coronary heart disease were significantly associated with 28‐day death. The hazard ratios for the predictors of long‐term mortality were as follows: NIHSS score, 1.1 (95% CI : 1.07–1.1); serum glucose level, 1.08 (95% CI : 1.01–1.2); serum triglyceride level, 0.6 (95% CI : 0.4–0.8); age, 1.04 (95% CI : 1.01–1.08); and coronary heart disease, 2.7 (95% CI : 1.4–5.4). Conclusions NIHSS score on admission, age and coronary heart disease are independent predictors of short‐ and long‐term mortality. Higher glucose and lower triglyceride level are significantly associated with the long‐term mortality.