Table 2 Comparison of stroke outcomes in patients admitted between one month* and over 2 years** and during autumn, winter and summer months*** admitted to the eight NHS Trusts in the East of England
Variables | Oct 2009 cohort (n = 308) | Full cohort (n = 8398)† | Autumn cohort (n = 2184)† | Winter cohort (n = 3478)† | Summer cohort (n = 2736)† | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Results‡ | p-value§vs. Oct 2009 | Result‡ | p-value§vs. Oct 2009 | Result‡ | p-value§vs. Oct 2009 | Result‡ | p-value§vs. Oct 2009 | ||
Death | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.25 | 0.09 | |||||
Yes | 62 (20) | 1414 (17) | 357 (16) | 609 (18) | 448 (16) | ||||
No | 246 (80) | 6984 (83) | 1827 (84) | 2869 (82) | 2288 (84) | ||||
Likelihood of death Unadjusted OR | 1.00 | 0.80 (0.60-1.07) N = 8706 | 0.13 | 0.78 (0.57-1.04) N = 2492 | 0.10 | 0.84 (0.63-1.13) N = 3786 | 0.25 | 0.78 (0.58-1.04) N = 3044 | 0.10 |
Adjusted OR¥ | 1.00 | 0.85 (0.60-1.22) N = 4877 | 0.39 | 0.88 (0.60-1.28) N = 1613 | 0.49 | 0.93 (0.64-1.34) N = 2078 | 0.70 | 0.76 (0.52-1.12) N = 1620 | 0.17 |
Discharge residence | 0.21 | ||||||||
Home | 165 (71) | 4115 (67) | 1082 (66) | 0.19 | 1701 (69) | 0.33 | 1332 (66) | 0.13 | |
Care home | 24 (10) | 884 (14) | 238 (15) | 341 (14) | 305 (15) | ||||
Other | 44 (19) | 1133 (18) | 318 (19) | 440 (18) | 375 (19) | ||||