Table 3.
Actual number and percentages of patients with each of the variables within the ABCD2 score.
| Low (0–3) n=189 |
Intermediate(4–5) n=336 |
High (6–7) n=112 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| A (Age); 1 point for age >60 years |
135 (71%) |
299 (89%) |
107 (96%) |
| B (Blood pressure > 140/90 mmHg); 1 point for hypertension at the acute evaluation |
100 (53%) |
249 (74%) |
96 (86%) |
| C (Clinical features); 2 points for unilateral weakness, 1 for speech disturbance without weakness |
22 (2 points) (12%) 50 (1 point) (26%) |
163 (2 points) (49%) 121 (1 point) (36%) |
106 (2 points) (95%) 6(1 point) (5%) |
| D (symptom Duration); 1 point for 10–59 minutes, 2 points for >60 minutes |
25 (2 points) (13%) 73 (1 point) (39%) |
152 (2 points) (45%) 138 (1 point) (41%) |
100 (2 points) (89%) 12 (1 point) (11%) |
| D (Diabetes); 1 point | 20 (11%) |
67 (20%) |
32 (29%) |