Table 4 Logistic regression analysis with major NCD or Any NCD as dependent variable^*

Frailty unadjusted

3.09 (2.45 to 3.89)

2.29 (1.83 to 2.87)

Frailty adjusted separately for

  Age

2.52 (1.98 to 3.20)

2.01 (1.58 to 2.55)

  Sex

3.08(2.44 to 3.88)

2.29 (1.83 to 2.87)

  Education

2.87 (2.27 to 3.63)

2.11 (1.68 to 2.65)

   NIHSS sum score at admittance^b

3.13 (2.46 to 3.99)

2.26 (1.80 to 2.84)

  Acute stroke progression^c

3.11 (2.45 to 3.94)

2.28 (1.81 to 2.87)

  Infection treated by antibiotics^d

2.98 (2.36 to 3.76)

2.25(1.79 to 2.83)

  Fazekas pathology^e

3.44 (2.47 to 4.80)

2.17 (1.59 to 2.97)

  MTA pathology^f

3.66 (2.63 to 5.10)

2.27 (1.69 to 3.06)