Table 3

OR for receiving provision of acute stroke care in SLSR of 1995–2010*

Socioeconomic deprivation	Hospital admission			Stroke unit admission†			>50% of stay on stroke unit†			Brain imaging			Swallow test†
Socioeconomic deprivation	OR‡	95% CI	p Value	OR‡	95% CI	p Value	OR‡	95% CI	p Value	OR‡	95% CI	p Value	OR‡	95% CI	p Value
All patients
Deprivation
No	1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00			1.00
Yes	0.71	(0.54 to 0.94)	0.017	0.87	(0.71 to 1.07)	0.182	0.86	(0.68 to 1.08)	0.194	0.93	(0.55 to 1.58)	0.791	0.65	(0.45 to 0.95)	0.023
Subgroup data analysis
By ethnicity
Black§	0.52	(0.26 to 1.04)	0.064	0.76	(0.48 to 1.18)	0.216	0.81	(0.51 to 1.28)	0.358	0.58	(0.10 to 3.39)	0.543	1.08	(0.48 to 2.45)	0.845
White§	0.74	(0.53 to 1.03)	0.076	0.89	(0.69 to 1.14)	0.338	0.90	(0.68 to 1.19)	0.461	0.80	(0.43 to 1.52)	0.500	0.62	(0.39 to 0.97)	0.039
By period of stroke
1995–2000§	0.60	(0.41 to 0.89)	0.010	0.76	(0.57 to 1.02)	0.067	0.71	(0.47 to 1.08)	0.112	0.83	(0.42 to 1.63)	0.585	0.50	(0.22 to 1.14)	0.100
2001–2010§	0.79	(0.52 to 1.20)	0.274	0.97	(0.73 to 1.30)	0.854	0.97	(0.73 to 1.30)	0.854	0.98	(0.37 to 2.62)	0.965	0.68	(0.44 to 1.04)	0.078

*All data analysis excluding patients with SAH.
†Limited to patients admitted to hospital.
‡OR adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, living conditions before stroke, period of stroke, BI prior to stroke, stroke subtype, Glasgow coma scale sore (≥13), incontinence, speech deficit and motor deficit.
§OR was for patients having socioeconomic deprivation in comparison with those having not.
BI, Barthel index; SAH, Subarachnoid haemorrhage; SLSR, South London Stroke Register.