Table 3.

Stroke symptoms reported for women (n=91) and men (n=83) patients.

Symptom type			Patients, n (%)		P
			Women	Men
Traditional symptoms
	Hemiparesis/hemiplegia		68 (74.7)	63 (75.9)	.86
		Body	30 (44.1)	33 (52.4)	.33
		Face	2 (2.9)	4 (6.3)
		Both body and face	36 (52.9)	26 (41.3)
	Impaired speech or comprehension		59 (64.8)	47 (56.6)	.27
	Visual disturbance		11 (12.1)	5 (6.0)	.17
	Ataxia, discoordination		16 (17.6)	11 (13.3)	.43
	Vertigo		13 (14.3)	13 (15.7)	.80
	Difficulty with balance		7 (7.7)	8 (9.6)	.65
Nontraditional symptoms
	Pain (excluding headache)		5 (5.5)	5 (6.0)	.88
	Mental status change		39 (42.9)	27 (32.5)	.16
	Headache		16 (17.6)	11 (13.3)	.62
	Lightheadedness		5 (5.5)	3 (3.6)	.55
	Other neurologic symptoms		13 (14.3)	9 (10.8)	.67
	Nonneurologic symptoms		4 (4.4)	5 (6.0)	.63