Table 1.
Sociodemographic, Clinical, and Radiologic Baseline Data
| Total n = 262 |
PWOH n = 157 |
PWH n = 105 |
p Value | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 55 (16) | 59 (16) | 49 (14) | <0.002 |
| Men, n (%) | 135 (52) | 72 (46) | 63 (60) | 0.025 |
| Employment, n (%) | ||||
| Peasant farmer | 76 (29) | 47 (30) | 29 (28) | 0.325 |
| Business owner | 104 (40) | 60 (38) | 44 (42) | |
| Professional | 31 (12) | 16 (10) | 15 (14) | |
| Unemployed or retired | 51 (19) | 34 (22) | 17 (16) | |
| No formal education, n (%) | 57 (22) | 43 (27) | 14 (13) | 0.030 |
| Hypertension, n (%) | 144 (55) | 94 (60) | 50 (48) | 0.051 |
| Current or former smoker, n (%) | 40 (15) | 20 (13) | 20 (19) | 0.306 |
| Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 45 (17) | 27 (17) | 18 (17) | 0.991 |
| Atrial fibrillation on EKG, n (%) | 9 (3) | 8 (5) | 1 (1) | 0.216 |
| Heart failure history, n (%) | 9 (3) | 6 (4) | 3 (3) | 0.668 |
| Stroke duration, d, median (IQR) | 2 (1–4) | 2 (1–4) | 2 (1–4) | 0.105 |
| Aphasia, n (%) | 192 (73) | 120 (76) | 72 (69) | 0.159 |
| Dysphagia, n (%) | 60 (23) | 39 (25) | 21 (20) | 0.361 |
| Dyspnea, n (%) | 46 (18) | 27 (17) | 19 (18) | 0.027 |
| Clinical seizure, n (%) | 42 (16) | 24 (15) | 18 (17) | 0.705 |
| Fever history, n (%) | 43 (16) | 20 (13) | 23 (22) | 0.052 |
| Systolic blood pressure at admission, median (range), mm Hg | 151 (128–170) | 153 (131–173) | 144 (123–168) | 0.075 |
| Diastolic blood pressure at admission, mean (SD), mm Hg | 91 (78–103) | 92 (80–103) | 90 (75–102) | 0.342 |
| Temperature, median (IQR), °C | 37 (36–37) | 37 (36–37) | 37 (36–37) | 0.337 |
| NIHSS Score, median (IQR) | 17 (11–23) | 19 (12–24) | 16 (11–22) | 0.013 |
| Glasgow Coma Scale score, median (IQR) | 11 (10–14) | 11 (10–14) | 12 (10–15) | 0.056 |
| Abnormal chest auscultatory findings, n (%) | 31 (12) | 24 (15) | 7 (7) | 0.035 |
| Prestroke mRS 0–1, n (%) | 225 (86) | 136 (87) | 89 (85) | 0.579 |
| Serum white blood cell count, ×109 cells per liter, median (IQR) | 8 (7–11) | 9 (7–11) | 7 (5–9) | <0.001 |
| Serum Sodium, mmol/L, median (IQR) | 139 (136–143) | 139 (135–143) | 139 (136–143) | 0.942 |
| Serum LDL, mmol/L, median (IQR) | 2 (2–3) | 2 (2–3) | 2 (2–3) | 0.543 |
| Stroke types, n (%) | ||||
| Ischemic stroke | 184 (70) | 103 (66) | 81 (77) | 0.045 |
| Hemorrhagic stroke | 78 (30) | 54 (34) | 24 (23) | |
| Ischemic stroke locations, n (%) | ||||
| Anterior circulation | 155 (84) | 90 (87) | 65 (80) | 0.188 |
| Posterior circulation | 29 (16) | 13 (13) | 16 (21) | |
| Hemorrhagic stroke locations, n (%) | ||||
| Thalamus and basal ganglia | 62 (79) | 43 (80) | 19 (79) | 0.968 |
| Brainstem and cerebellum | 5 (6) | 3 (6) | 2 (8) | |
| Lobar regions | 11 (14) | 8 (15) | 3 (13) |
Abbreviations: IQR = interquartile range; mRS = modified Rankin Scale score; NIHSS = NIH Stroke Scale; PWH = persons with HIV infection; PWOH = persons without HIV infection.