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. 2024 Mar 18;52:26. doi: 10.1186/s41182-024-00592-6

Table 2.

Characteristics, risk factors, clinical features, and complications among improved and unimproved patients admitted to 1000 Bedded General Hospital, Nay Pyi Taw (2017)

Characteristics Improved (n = 613) Unimproved (n = 295) p value
Age: mean years ± SD 60.6 ± 14.2 60.2 ± 14.9 0.666
Sex (%)
 Male 375 (67.6) 180 (32.4) 0.964
 Female 238 (67.4) 115 (32.6)
Residence (%)*
 Urban 207 (66.8) 103 (33.2) 0.557
 Rural 406 (68.0) 185 (31.3)
Referral status (%)
 Direct admission 426 (70.2) 181 (29.8) 0.015
 Referral from other health facility 187 (62.1) 114 (37.9)
Duration of hospital stay: median days (IQR) 5 (3–9) 2 (1–5) < 0.001
Risk factors (%)
 Hypertension 476 (77.7) 250 (84.8) 0.012
 Diabetes mellitus 97 (15.8) 60 (20.3) 0.092
 Tobacco usage 176 (28.7) 60 (20.3) 0.007
 Regular alcohol drinking 130 (21.2) 61 (20.7) 0.855
 Previous stroke/TIA 76 (12.4) 14 (4.8) < 0.001
 Cardiovascular diseases 44 (7.2) 12 (4.1) 0.068
Clinical features during admission
 SBP: mean mmHg ± SD 151 ± 28 162 ± 38 < 0.001
 DBP: mean mmHg ± SD 91 ± 16 97 ± 22 < 0.001
 GCS: median (IQR) 15 (13–15) 8 (4–11) < 0.001
 Blood sugar level: mean ± SD 136 ± 51 164 ± 57 < 0.001
Type of stroke (%)
 Haemorrhagic 239 (53.5) 208 (46.5) < 0.001
 Ischaemic 314 (80.1) 78 (19.9)
Complications during hospitalization (%)
 Seizures 24 (3.9) 18 (6.1) 0.142
 Fever 152 (24.8) 179 (60.7) < 0.001
 Aspiration pneumonia 24 (3.9) 22 (7.5) 0.023

*Improved (n = 613), unimproved (n = 288)

SBP: systolic blood pressure on admission; DBP: diastolic blood pressure on admission