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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Stroke. 2009 Feb 10;40(4):1121–1126. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.543371

Table 1.

Characteristics of 1107 patients hospitalized for neurologist-confirmed acute ischemic stroke, stratified by Gender.

Female
Male
n % n % p-value
Total 608 54.9 499 45.1
Race 0.34
 White 370 60.9 324 64.9
 Black 72 11.8 38 7.6
 Asian 12 2.0 10 2.0
 Other 9 1.5 8 1.4
 Unknown 145 23.9 119 23.9
Hispanic 15 3.2 15 4.0 0.58
Presumed Etiology 0.011
 Large Vessel 123 20.2 124 24.9
 Small Vessel 155 25.5 158 31.7
 Cardioembolic 146 24.0 95 19.0
 Other 27 4.4 21 4.2
 Undetermined 157 25.8 101 20.2
Etiology Determined 451 74.2 398 79.8 0.029

Values may not sum to 100 because of rounding.