Table 1 Descriptive statistics of studied sample (N = 5,482)

Age (years, SD)

(11.7)

Gender (Female %)

(39.7)

mRS at pre-admission (0--1, %)

(83.6)

mRS at admission (0-1, %)

(17.6)

Consciousness level (JCS; 1-3, %)

(58.4)

Comm. disorder, explanation (Mild, %)

(78.1)

Comm. disorder, understanding (Mild, %)

(81.2)

Brunnstrom stage, upper (Mild/No symptoms, %)

(67.4)

Brunnstrom stage, lower (Mild/No symptoms, %)

(71.0)

Swallowing disorder (Mild, %)

(77.8)

Co-morbidity index (CI; 0-1, %)

(51.0)

Use of edaravone (%)

(58.9)

VEI (%)

(74.2)

Training intensity (unit/day, SD)

(1.19)

mRS at discharge (0-1, %) ***

(44.0)

In-hospital mortality (%)

(1.6)

Friday admission (%)

(5.1)