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. 2014 Oct 21;3(5):e001059. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.114.001059

Table 3.

Patient Demographics and Clinical Characteristics by Inclusion in the Analyses for Each Stroke Subtype

IS (n=32 671) SAH (n=4934) ICH (n=15 699)
Excluded Included P Value* Excluded Included P Value* Excluded Included P Value*
Number, % 11 913 (36.5) 20 758 (63.5) 1035 (21.0) 3899 (79.0) 4588 (29.2) 11 111 (70.8)
Male, % 59.8 56.3 <0.001 29.1 32.9 0.019 60.4 56.3 <0.001
Age mean (SD) 75.1 (11.4) 74.1 (12.5) <0.001 67.9 (14.1) 63.8 (14.8) <0.001 72.5 (12.6) 70.0 (13.8) <0.001
Comorbidity, %
Hypertension 69.8 68.5 0.013 82.4 86.6 0.001 78.3 87.2 <0.001
Diabetes mellitus 31.3 27 <0.001 25.6 23.3 0.124 23.6 19.8 <0.001
Hyperlipidemia 34.2 33.9 0.511 26.5 29.2 0.086 17.2 15.7 0.015
Current/past smoking history (n=44 842) (%) 27.6 30.1 <0.001 22.5 28.2 0.001 25.1 28.2 <0.001
Japan Coma Scale, %
0 48.8 44.4 <0.001 23.4 20.1 <0.001 28.6 20.8 <0.001
1‐digit code 35.7 39.2 19.3 23.5 36.2 38.5
2‐digit code 9.9 10.7 14.7 18 15.2 18.1
3‐digit code 5.7 5.7 42.6 38.5 20 22.7
Emergency admission by ambulance (%) 46.3 57 <0.001 73.8 78.6 0.001 59.7 73.5 <0.001
mRS at discharge (n=51 719) (%)
mRS=6 7.8 7.2 0.099 29.1 26.8 0.165 17 16.3 0.284
mRS=5/6 19.1 19.5 0.413 46.4 37.8 <0.001 32.1 32.3 0.812
mRS=4 to 6 36.4 37.5 0.061 56.8 47.8 <0.001 50.8 55 <0.001

ICH indicates intracerebral hemorrhage; IS, ischemic stroke; mRS, modified Rankin Scale; SAH, subarachnoid hemorrhage.

*

Off‐hour and nighttime were compared with working‐hours.