Association between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and acute ischemic stroke severity and outcome

Table 3 Severity of stroke and outcome of patients of patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and of those without nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

	Patients with NAFLD(n = 32)	Patients without NAFLD(n = 383)	P value
National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score at admission	6.3 ± 6.4	8.8 ± 9.6	NS
Duration of hospitalization (d)	8.0 ± 5.1	6.7 ± 4.2	NS
Modified Rankin scale score at discharge	1.9 ± 2.2	2.6 ± 2.2	NS
Dependency at discharge	36.8%	55%	NS
Adverse outcome	42.9%	58.6%	NS
In-hospital mortality	8%	7%	NS

NS: Not significant; NAFLD: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.