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Table 4 The changes of NIHSS and TCM symptoms between good and poor recovery for 3 TCM hospitals

From: A new prognostic scale for the early prediction of ischemic stroke recovery mainly based on traditional Chinese medicine symptoms and NIHSS score: a retrospective cohort study

Factors

Total (n =413) Change status

Good (n = 232)

Poor (n = 181)

P value

NIHSS

-

0.54 ± 1.80

−0.45 ± 2.74

0.000a

TCM symptoms & signs

    

Irritability

appear,n (%)

0 (0.0)

3 (1.7)

0.037

 

keep,n (%)

230 (99. 1)

166 (91.7)

 
 

disappear,n (%)

2 (0.9)

12 (6.6)

 

Circumrotating

appear,n (%)

0 (0.0)

4 (2.2)

0.007

 

keep,n (%)

220 (94.8)

174 (96.1)

 
 

disappear,n (%)

12 (5.2)

3 (1.7)

 

Tinnitus

appear,n (%)

1 (0.4)

2 (1.1)

0.002

 

keep,n (%)

219 (94.4)

179 (98.9)

 
 

disappear,n (%)

12 (5.2)

0 (0.0)

 

Difficult to cough sputum

appear,n (%)

4 (1.7)

7 (3.9)

0.031

 

keep,n (%)

221 (95.3)

173 (95.6)

 
 

disappear,n (%)

7 (3.0)

1 (0.6)

 
  1. TCM traditional Chinese medicine. NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale
  2. aMann–Whitney U test; Good: good recovery; Poor: bad recovery