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. 2008 Oct 23;26(6):573–577. doi: 10.1159/000165109

Table 2.

Probability of finding different stroke subtypes based on the presence or absence of aphasia, visual field abnormalities, neglect and brachial predominance of weakness in a model including all TOAST patients without atrial fibrillation (comparison between predicted and actual values in the TOAST database)

Predicted by model, % Actual values, %
No aphasia
VF no Negl. no BP no (n = 529) A (12), C (10), L (46) A (13), C (9), L (45)
BP yes (n = 118)
A (19), C (14), L (33)
A (19), C (14), L (33)
Negl. yes BP no (n = 48) A (20), C (14), L (11) A (15), C (19), L (13)
BP yes (n = 35) A (29), C (19), L (7) A (20), C (29), L (6)

VF yes Negl. no BP no (n = 43) A (12), C (12), L (19) A (23), C (16), L (21)
BP yes (n = 7)
A (19), C (17), L (12)
A (14), C (14), L (0)
Negl. yes BP no (n = 73) A (19), C (17), L (3) A (22), C (19), L (l)
BP yes (n = 35) A (29), C (23), L (2) A (34), C (20), L (0)

Aphasia
VF no Negl. no BP no (n = 140) A (26), C (19), L (4) A (31), C (19), L (4)
BP yes (n = 8)
A (37), C (25), L (2)
A (0), C (12), L (12)
Negl. yes BP no (n = 39) A (37), C (26), L (0.6) A (38), C (23), L (3)
BP yes (n = 5) A (50), C (34), L (0.3) A (60), C (0), L (0)

VF yes Negl. no BP no (n = 70) A (25), C (23), L (1) A (26), C (29), L (1)
BP yes (n = 3)
A (36), C (30), L (0.6)
A (0), C (0), L (0)
Negl. yes BP no (n = 74) A (39), C (31), L (0.2) A (36), C (20), L (1)
BP yes (n = 6) A (50), C (39), L (0.1) A (17), C (33), L (0)

The subtype values do not add to 100% because those with undefined subtype are not shown. VF = Visual field deficit; Negl. = neglect; BP = brachial predominance; L = lacunar; A = atherothrombotic; C = cardioembolie.