Table 1.

Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria

Patient	Control
Inclusion Criteria
either gender	either gender
ability and willingness to consent	ability and willingness to consent
symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage
Exclusion Criteria
antecedent head trauma	history of intracerebral hemorrhage
ischemic stroke during 2 weeks prior to intracerebral hemorrhage	intracerebral tumor
intracerebral tumor	arteriovenous malformation, aneurysm, or central nervous system vasculitis
arteriovenous malformation, aneurysm, or central nervous system vasculitis	primary coagulopathy, blood dyscrasia, or active liver disorder
primary coagulopathy, blood dyscrasia, or active liver disorder	use of cocaine or sympathomimetic drug
use of cocaine or sympathomimetic drug	alcohol abuse
alcohol abuse