title: Factors influencing long-term survival and disability among three-month stroke survivors.
abstract: 216 survivors of acute stroke were studied 3 months postictus to determine predictors of long-term survival and disability 20 months after the initial stroke. Factors predicting mortality were, in order of importance, old age, a history of ischaemic heart disease, low mental-test score, low serum cholesterol concentration, low Glasgow Coma Score on admission, and the presence of left ventricular hypertrophy. 73% of subjects were correctly classified by discriminant function analysis using these variables. Factors predicting poor functional outcome (Barthel Index 15) were a low Barthel Index at 3 months, old age, low mental-test score at 3 months and a low Glasgow Coma Score on admission. 70% of subjects were correctly classified into 3 functional-outcome groups using these variables. Stroke subtype and size, position, and the territory of the lesion on brain CT did not influence long-term outcome. We conclude that factors affecting long-term survival and disability are different from those affecting outcome immediately after stroke.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kay
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Yuen
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Nicholls
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001055:Apolipoproteins B / Q000097:blood; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000523:psychology; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008297:Male; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D001055:Apolipoproteins B; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL