Table 1.
Baseline characteristics, vascular risk factors, stroke etiology, stroke severity, in-hospital complications and 90-day outcomes in humans
| |
Stroke |
Controls |
P
|
|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 51) | (n = 17) | ||
|
Baseline, demographic data and risk factors |
|
|
|
| Men, n (%) |
24 (47) |
8 (47) |
1 |
| Age, mean (SD) |
73.5 (10.3) |
70.4 (15) |
0.353 |
| Symptoms onset to first blood sample, h; mean (SD) |
4.8 (3.3) |
5 (3.3) |
0.795 |
| Symptoms Onset to second blood sample, h; mean (SD) |
71.2 (4.9) |
73.5 (4.1) |
0.394 |
| Systolic blood pressure on admission, mean (SD) |
154.3 (19) |
149.2 (32.3) |
0.467 |
| Blood glucose, mmol/L; median (IQR) |
123 (38) |
133 (106) |
0.100 |
| Hypertension, n (%) |
34 (66.7) |
12 (70.6) |
0.765 |
| Diabetes Mellitus, n (%) |
10 (19.6) |
6 (35.3) |
0.187 |
| Hyperlipidemia, n (%) |
17 (33.3) |
7 (41.2) |
0.558 |
| Atrial Fibrillation, n (%) |
22 (43.1) |
0 (0) |
0.001 |
| Current smoking, n (%) |
13 (25.5) |
5 (29.4) |
0.751 |
| Alcohol abuse, n (%) |
2 (3.9) |
2 (11.8) |
1 |
| Coronary heart disease, n (%) |
8 (15.7) |
2 (11.8) |
1 |
| Peripheral arterial disease, n (%) |
1 (2) |
2 (5.9) |
0.440 |
|
Disease severity |
|
|
|
| NIHSS score on admission, mean (SD) |
11.3 (6) |
- |
- |
| APACHE II score on admission, mean (SD) |
7.4 (2.6) |
7 (2.5) |
0.555 |
|
90-days outcome |
|
|
|
| mRS 0-2, n (%) |
27 (53) |
10 (58.8) |
0.723 |
| Barthel index ≥ 90, n (%) |
22 (43.1) |
6 (35.3) |
0.569 |
| Mortality, n (%) |
7 (13.7) |
0 (0) |
0.175 |
|
Brain infarction size, ml; median (IQR) |
27.8 (78) |
- |
|
|
First and second tertile, ml, range |
3 - 40 |
- |
|
| Third tertile, ml, range | 50 - 405 | - |
NIHSS indicates National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; IQR, interquartile range; mRS, modified Rankin Scale.