Combined utility of white blood cell count and blood glucose for predicting in-hospital outcomes in acute ischemic stroke

Table 2 Hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals of in-hospital mortality according to level of white blood cell and blood glucose

	NWNG	NWHG	HWNG	HWHG	P trend
No.	2025	681	266	152
No. of deaths	35 (1.7)	26 (3.8)	19 (7.1)	24 (15.8)
Crude	1.00	2.02 (1.21–3.56)	3.89 (2.21–6.77)	7.59 (4.47–12.88)	< 0.001
Model 1	1.00	2.12 (1.27–3.54)	3.95 (2.26–6.91)	7.68 (4.53–13.01)	< 0.001
Model 2	1.00	1.46 (0.84–2.56)	2.08 (1.15–3.78)	2.22 (1.21–4.07)	0.003
Sensitivity analysis
Model 3	1.00	1.28 (0.68–2.40)	1.69 (0.88–3.25)	2.11 (1.04–4.31)	0.022
Model 4	1.00	1.37 (0.75–2.50)	2.16 (1.18–3.98)	1.72 (0.88–3.37)	0.025

Model 1, adjusted for age and sex;
Model 2, adjusted for age, sex, systolic BP, body temperature, time from onset to admission, cigarette smoking status, alcohol drinking, history of hypertension, history of diabetes mellitus, history of coronary heart disease, history of atrial fibrillation, history of stroke, thrombolysis treatment, baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score, eGFR levels, Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project classification, and pneumonia
Model 3, adjusted for model 2 and further restricted to patients with first-ever stroke
Model 4, adjusted for model 2 and further restricted to patients with time from onset to admission ≤ 24 h

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