Table 1.
Demographics of the included patients
| Acute ischemic stroke group (n=87) | Other brain disease group (n=56) | No brain disease group (n=183) | |
| Baseline characteristics | |||
| Age, years (Mean±SD) | 67±11 | 66±16 | 57±14 |
| Male, n (%) | 51 (58.6) | 30 (53.6) | 94 (51.4) |
| Smoker, n (%) | 31 (36) | 11 (19.6) | 41 (22.4) |
| Hypertension, n (%) | 53 (61.6) | 32 (57.1) | 80 (43.7) |
| Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 26 (30.2) | 19 (33.9) | 48 (26.2) |
| Hyperlipidemia, n (%) | 12 (14) | 2 (3.6) | 37 (20.2) |
| Atrial fibrillation, n (%) | 38 (44.2) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.5) |
| Cardiac disease, n (%) | 33 (38.4) | 4 (7.1) | 25 (13.7) |
| Previous stroke, n (%) | 13 (15.1) | 6 (10.7) | 10 (5.5) |
| NIHSS on admission (Mean±SD) | 12±6 | – | – |
| Time from onset to CT scan, min | 84±50 | – | – |
| Proportion of diseases in the other brain disease group (n=56) | |||
| C79.30 (Secondary malignant neoplasm of brain) | 1 (1.79) | ||
| D18.01 (Hemangioma of intracranial structures) | 1 (1.79) | ||
| D43.2 (Brain, unspecified) | 1 (1.79) | ||
| G91.9 (Hydrocephalus, unspecified) | 1 (1.79) | ||
| I60.9 (Subarachnoid hemorrhage, unspecified) | 2 (3.57) | ||
| I61.0 (Intracerebral hemorrhage in hemisphere, subcortical) | 31 (55.36) | ||
| I61.1 (Intracerebral hemorrhage in hemisphere, cortical) | 5 (8.93) | ||
| I61.3 (Intracerebral hemorrhage in brain stem) | 7 (12.50) | ||
| I61.4 (Intracerebral hemorrhage in cerebellum) | 2 (3.57) | ||
| I61.5 (Intracerebral hemorrhage, intraventricular) | 2 (3.57) | ||
| I67.1 (Cerebral aneurysm, non-ruptured) | 1 (1.79) | ||
| Q04.6 (Congenital cerebral cysts) | 1 (1.79) | ||
| S06.5 (Traumatic subdural hemorrhage) | 1 (1.79) | ||
CT, computed tomography; NIHSS, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; SD, standard deviation.