Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of lacunar and cortical stroke subtypes. Statistical test used – Mean age (2 sample t test), median NIHSS (Mann-Whitney U test), PVD and AF (Fishers Exact Test), all others Chi square test for association.

Characteristic	Lacunar Stroke	Cortical Stroke	P value for difference
n	105	109	-
Age years (SD)	66.3 (11.6)	70.6 (11.4)	0.007
Male n (%)	60 (57%)	74 (68%)	0.10
Median NIHSS	3	2	<0.01
Atrial Fibrillation n (%)	4 (4%)	15 (14%)	0.01
Past Medical History of:
Diabetes n (%)	18 (17%)	11 (10%)	0.13
Ischaemic heart disease n (%)	14 (13%)	32 (29%)	0.004
Peripheral vascular disease n (%)	5 (5%)	5 (5%)	0.95
Hypertension n (%)	59 (56%)	62 (66%)	0.14
TIA n (%)	16 (15%)	13 (12%)	0.46
Stroke n (%)	9 (9%)	12 (11%)	0.55
Old infarct on MRI n (%)	35 (33%)	38 (35%)	0.81