Instructions: Given a passage with a question and an answer to that question, classify if the answer actually answers the question into 'yes' or 'no'. Output 'yes' if the answer answers the question and output 'no' if the answer does not answer the question.
Input: Question: Is higher fasting glucose next day after intravenous thrombolysis independently associated with poor outcome in acute ischemic stroke?
Answer: FG is a powerful predictor associated with the outcome in IVT-treated AIS patients independent of AG and HbA1c.
Output:
yes