ALB and malnutrition: When considering the covariates of interest, malnutrition remained a predictor of poorer outcomes (acOR 2.79, 95% CI 1.37–5.70; p = 0.005), alongside baseline NIHSS (acOR 1.19, 95% CI 1.11–1.28; p < 0.001), use of intravenous thrombolysis (acOR 0.28, 95% CI 0.15–0.52; p < 0.001), absolute lymphocyte count (cOR 1.01, 95% CI 1.00–1.02; p = 0.027), and albumin concentration (cOR 0.82, 95% CI 0.75–0.89; p < 0.001).