Relationship between SF-36 mental health and vitality.

<p>Higher scores indicate better health status. As the number of data points are limited, a small random component (‘jitter’) has been added to each variable to better demonstrate the number of patients at a single co-ordinate. (Pearson correlation coefficient 0.20, p<0.001, n = 1004).</p

Baseline characteristics of the 1080 participants.

<p>Baseline characteristics of the 1080 participants.</p

Distribution of SF-36 vitality scores, according to gender.

<p>Higher vitality scores indicate less fatigue.</p

Multivariate analyses showing independent predictors of survival, according to the method of dealing with missing SF-36 data.

<p>LACS = lacunar syndrome, PACS = partial anterior circulation syndrome, TACS = total anterior circulation syndrome, POCS = posterior circulation syndrome</p><p>Note that hazard ratios and 95% CI for SF-36 vitality are provided for all four models, even though the hazard ratio reached statistical significance in only two of the models.</p