Table 3.

Prevalence of presenting symptoms among 608 female and 499 male patients hospitalized for acute ischemic stroke, stratified by gender.

	Female			Male
		Crude	Age Standardized		Crude	Age Standardized	Crude	Age Standardized
	n	%	%	n	%	%	P-Value	P-Value
Weakness	500	82.2	81.1	402	80.6	81.7	0.48	0.79
Clumsiness	201	33.1	34.4	197	39.5	38.6	0.027	0.15
Numbness	158	26	27.2	137	27.5	26.0	0.58	0.64
Seizure	24	3.9	3.8	14	2.8	2.4	0.30	0.20
Difficulty speaking	315	51.8	50.4	274	54.9	55.8	0.30	0.074
Difficulty walking	182	29.9	30.3	169	33.9	33.8	0.16	0.21
Headache	64	10.5	12.2	56	11.2	9.3	0.71	0.12
Change in behavior	80	13.2	11.8	62	12.4	13.6	0.72	0.36
Difficulty understanding	194	31.9	30.6	138	27.7	29.8	0.12	0.78
Nausea	21	3.5	3.6	25	5.0	5.1	0.20	0.23
Change in vision	160	26.3	26.0	121	24.2	23.9	0.43	0.43
Feels “funny”	10	1.6	1.9	12	2.4	2.2	0.37	0.77
Fatigue	16	2.6	2.5	12	2.4	2.2	0.81	0.74
Malaise	42	6.9	6.7	32	6.4	6.1	0.74	0.71
Other	230	37.8	37.5	163	32.7	33.0	0.074	0.12
Classic Cluster†	596	98.0	97.7	489	98.0	97.8	0.97	0.89
Somatic Cluster‡	446	73.4	72.6	324	64.9	65.2	0.002	0.008

^†Defined as the presence of ≥1 of the following: numbness, weakness, difficulty speaking, change in vision, difficulty walking, headache, clumsiness, or difficulty understanding.

^‡Defined as the presence of ≥1 of the following: headache, change in behavior, difficulty understanding, nausea, change in vision, feels “funny”, fatigue, malaise, or “other” presenting symptom.