BASIC ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS AS THE PREDICTIVE FACTORS FOR 30-DAY CASE-FATALITY RATE IN STROKE

In a prospective population-based study, analyses were performed to ev aluate the 30-day case fatality in stroke as related to the following factors: hematocrit (HCT), hemoglobin (Hgb), red blood cells (RBC), me an cell volume (MCV), platelet count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate ( ESR), white blood cells (WBC) and glucose concentration. We studied 34 5 patients with stroke, 170 men and 175 women, mean age 68.4+/-14.2 ye ars, admitted within 72 h of stroke onset. Patients who died had signi ficantly higher mean values of ESR, WBC, HCT and glucose concentration than the patients who survived. Logistic regression analysis revealed that ESR, HCT and WBC are independent factors predicting 30-day case fatality. The odds ratio (OR) for ESR was 1.006 (95% CI 1.0002-1.011), for HCT 1.04 (95% CI 1.01-1.07), for WBC 1.03 (95% CI 1.01-1.05). Glu cose concentration after adjusting for the severity of neural deficit did not become an independent predictor.