Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of study population aggregated throughout the study.

	All (N=4,413)	MA (N=2,439)	NHW (N=1,974)	p*
Age in years, median (Q1, Q3)	72 (61,81)	69 (58,78)	76 (65,83)	<0.001
Age, %
45–60	24.8	30.8	17.3	<0.001
61–72	26.2	28.7	23.1
73–81	25.4	22.9	28.5
>81	23.6	17.6	31.1
Atrial Fibrillation, %	15.0	10.5	20.5	<0.001
Coronary Artery Disease, %	32.9	32.5	33.4	0.52
Diabetes Mellitus, %	41.4	54.2	25.4	<0.001
Excessive ETOH, %	5.7	6.1	5.3	0.27
Sex, % female	51.3	50.7	52.1	0.37
High Cholesterol, %	33.5	34.3	32.5	0.19
Hypertension, %	76.8	78.8	74.4	<0.001
NHISS, median (Q1, Q3)	4 (2,8)	4 (2,8)	4 (2,8)	0.05
NIHSS, %				0.09
0–1	20.4	20.3	20.5
2–3	24.7	25.0	24.4
4–7	27.9	29.1	26.4
8–11	12.6	12.4	12.8
12–42	14.4	13.3	15.8
Smoking status, %				<0.001
Current	19.4	18.7	20.3
Former	13.0	10.7	15.9
Never	67.6	70.6	63.8
Any insurance, %	89.7	86.9	93.2	<0.001
History of stroke or TIA, %	29.8	29.4	30.3	0.52
Cumulative 30 day mortality	10.3	8.2	12.9	<0.001
Cumulative 1 year mortality	23.5	20.7	27.0	<0.001

^*Chi-square test or KM test for equality of distribution (continuous age, continuous NIHSS)