Predicting Independence 6 and 18 Months after Ischemic Stroke Considering Differences in 12 Countries: A Secondary Analysis of the IST-3 Trial
Table 6
Differences between countries in the final models.
6 months after stroke OR adjusted (95% CI)
18 months after stroke OR adjusted (95% CI)
Country
<0.01
<0.01
UK (reference)
Australia
1.06 (0.70-1.62)
0.78
0.82 (0.51-1.31)
0.40
Belgium
0.82 (0.43-1.58)
0.55
0.98 (0.48-2.02)
0.96
Italy
0.71 (0.52-0.98)
0.04
0.64 (0.42-0.96)
0.03
Norway
1.33 (0.90-1.95)
0.15
1.46 (0.95-2.25)
0.09
Poland
1.96 (1.40-2.74)
<0.01
1.82 (1.21-2.74)
<0.01
Portugal
0.84 (0.44-1.61)
0.61
0.96 (0.20-4.64)
0.96
Sweden
1.44 (1.03-2.01)
0.03
1.39 (0.95-2.03)
0.09
Others
1.70 (0.90-3.20)
0.10
0.77 (0.33-1.80)
0.56
OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval. Used all the variables that were obtained in the respective final models. Others—including Austria, Canada, Mexico, and Switzerland.
