Table 2.
The analyzed factors and their association in the univariate analysis with stroke and transient ischemic attack recurrence in 3 days and 3 months in 505 patients
| Analysed Factor (number) |
3 days stroke risk |
3 days TIA risk |
3 days stroke+TIA risk |
3 months stroke risk |
3 months TIA risk OR |
3 months stroke+TIA risk |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | P | OR | P | OR | P | OR | P | OR | P | OR | P | |
| Age group ≥ 60 (323) | 1.242 | 0.403 | 0.872 | 0.734 | 1.118 | 0.602 | 1.183 | 0.493 | 0.948 | 0.899 | 1.192 | 0.382 |
| Duration* | - | 0.320 | - | 0.862 | - | 0.313 | - | 0.744 | - | 0.517 | - | 0.305 |
| Gender (male:315) | 0.861 | 0.554 | 0.518 | 0.090 | 0.705 | 0.117 | 1.013 | 1 | 0.980 | 0.358 | 1.066 | 0.496 |
| Hypertension (357) | 1.436 | 0.207 | 1.794 | 0.156 | 1.630 | 0.046 | 1.506 | 0.117 | 1.398 | 0.282 | 1.552 | 0.040 |
| Diabetes (131) | 1.431 | 0.186 | 1.246 | 0.574 | 1.438 | 0.107 | 1.484 | 0.128 | 1.424 | 0.206 | 1.776 | 0.007 |
| Hyperlipidemia (166) | 0.872 | 0.062 | 1.298 | 0.481 | 0.999 | 1 | 0.810 | 0.408 | 1.150 | 0.599 | 1.025 | 0.920 |
| Smoking (74) | 1.309 | 0.413 | 0.820 | 0.819 | 1.156 | 0.667 | 1.196 | 0.535 | 0.823 | 0.729 | 0.921 | 0.792 |
| Atrial fibrillation(30) | 0.554 | 0.446 | 0.926 | 1 | 0.635 | 0.386 | 0.321 | 0.132 | 0.694 | 0.782 | 0.446 | 0.136 |
| Coronary disease (128) | 1.048 | 0.893 | 1.536 | 0.251 | 1.232 | 0.409 | 1.021 | 1 | 1.383 | 0.251 | 1.094 | 0.741 |
| Other cardiac disease(13) | 0.815 | 0.139 | 0.968 | 1 | 0.232 | 0.20 | 0.791 | 0.080 | 0.444 | 0.702 | 0.157 | 0.070 |
| ≥70% carotid stenosis(18) | 0.543 | 0.548 | 0.650 | 1 | 0.540 | 0.423 | 0.749 | 1 | 0.650 | 0.751 | 0.621 | 0.713 |
| History of stroke(85) | 1.211 | 0.533 | 2.717 | 0.007 | 1.799 | 0.028 | 1.347 | 0.294 | 2.041 | 0.019 | 1.601 | 0.072 |
| Index (TIA-Stroke)** | 0.109 | 0.000 | 1.671 | 0.170 | 0.376, | 0.001 | 0.260 | 0.000 | 0.747 | 0.385 | 0.393 | 0.000 |
| Weakness (410) | 1.963 | 0.057 | 5.008 | 0.020 | 2.710 | 0.001 | 2.098, | 0.025 | 1.817 | 0.121 | 2.047 | 0.006 |
| Speech*** disturbance(113) | 0.957 | 1 | 2.167 | 0.703 | 1.295 | 0.795 | 1.234 | 1 | 1.126 | 1 | 1.289 | 0.206 |
| Sensory disturbances(313) | 1.290 | 0.353 | 1.115 | 0.850 | 1.271 | 0.297 | 1.258 | 0.375 | 1.442 | 0.204 | 1.324 | 0.196 |
| Amarosis fugax (10) | 1.307 | 1 | 1.465 | 1 | 1.438 | 0.702 | 1.117 | 1 | 4.508 | 0.037 | 3.988, | 0.068 |
| New infarct on CT (55) | 0.646 | 1 | 0.920 | 0.641 | 0.403 | 0.468 | 1.307 | 0.668 | 0.841 | 0.617 | 0.643 | 0.722 |
| Multiple TIAs**** (280) | 3.988 | 0.003 | 0.753 | 0.556 | 1.760 | 0.058 | 3.081 | 0.000 | 0.889 | 0.666 | 1.723 | 0.020 |
| Crescendo TIAs****(108) | 5.120 | 0.000 | 0.628 | 0.328 | 3.363 | 0.000 | 3.722 | 0.000 | 1.605 | 0.097 | 2.963 | 0.000 |
*
Duration of symptoms categorized as <10 minutes (111), 10-59 minutes (133) and ≥60 minutes (261) in whole of the cohort; TIA: Transient ischemic attack; MIS: Minor ischemic stroke
TIA: Transient ischemic attack; MIS: Minor ischemic stroke
**
TIA (388) and MIS (117);
***
Speech disturbance without weakness;
****
Analysed in 388 TIA patients
†
Six cases with vascular death at 3 days and 11 cases with vascular death at 3 months were omitted in analysis