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Multivariable regression was used to identify independent predictors of each outcome readout and determine their effect sizes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Spontaneously hypertensive rats exhibited larger infarcts than Sprague-Dawley rats, particularly among females. Neuroscores were also worse in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Prolonged anesthesia exposure was associated with smaller cortical and hippocampal infarcts. Filament thickness and length showed a complex association with different regional infarct volumes, neuroscores, weight loss, and corner test outcomes. Mortality was worse among females. Bivariate analysis of dependent variables revealed moderate correlations among the tissue and neurological outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Using the large and multicenter, prospective SPAN1 dataset, our multivariable analyses identified several predictors influencing rat middle cerebral artery occlusion outcomes and refuted others previously reported. 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