Prognosis

The risk of dying after 30 days is increased with ^a

• a previous TIA
• pre-stroke functional disability 
• a history of intermittent claudication
• urinary incontinence

Why?

A history of TIA, intermittent claudication and disability increase the risk of death after 30 days

Patient	Prognostic Factor	Outcome	CER	OR (95% CI)	NNF+ (95% CI)
survived stroke for 30 days a	previous TIA	death at 5 years	35%	2.4 (1.4 to 4.1)	2 (1 to 7)
	prestroke Barthel's Index < 20/20			2.0 (1.2 to 3.2)	3 (1 to 14)
	intermittent claudication			1.9 (1.2 to 2.9)	3 (2 to 14)
	urinary incontinence			2.0 (1.3 to 3.0)	3 (1 to 10)