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

Table 5.

Patient Demographic and Clinical Characteristics by Admission Time for Each Stroke Subtype

Stroke Subtype IS (n=20 758) SAH (n=3899) ICH (n=11 111)
Admission Time W O P Value* N P Value* W O P Value* N P Value* W O P Value* N P Value*
Number, % 9275 (44.7) 9630 (46.4) 1853 (8.9) 1407 (36.1) 1886 (48.4) 606 (15.5) 4436 (39.9) 5434 (48.9) 1241 (11.2)
Male, % 56.7 55.2 0.047 60.7 <0.001 33.6 31.9 0.289 34.5 0.705 57.3 55.8 0.134 44.7 0.208
Age mean (SD) 74.2 (12.4) 74.5 (12.5) 0.046 71.4 (13.0) <0.001 64.0 (14.6) 64.6 (14.7) 0.219 61.2 (15.3) <0.001 71.3 (13.7) 69.6 (13.6) <0.001 67.2 (14.3) <0.001
Comorbidity, %
Hypertension 68.5 68.6 0.930 67.6 0.411 88.2 86.2 0.085 84.2 0.013 83.5 89.6 <0.001 90.1 <0.001
Diabetes mellitus 28.0 26.1 0.003 26.2 0.111 24.1 23.3 0.610 21.5 0.198 18.9 19.8 0.215 22.6 0.004
Hyperlipidemia 35.9 32.3 <0.001 32.0 0.002 28.8 29.6 0.594 28.7 0.974 16.3 15.1 0.107 15.9 0.734
Smoking history (n=30 179) (%) 30.9 28.8 0.002 33.1 0.092 28.7 27.7 0.550 28.9 0.943 28.5 27.7 0.388 29.6 0.492
JCS, %
0 47.3 42.1 <0.001 42.2 <0.001 24.5 17.9 <0.001 16.5 <0.001 24.1 19.2 <0.001 16.0 <0.001
1‐digit code 38.2 40.2 38.5 24.5 22.9 23.4 40.6 38.2 32.1
2‐digit code 9.6 11.5 11.7 17.8 18.0 18.2 16.4 18.9 20.4
3‐digit code 4.8 6.3 7.7 33.3 41.3 41.9 19.0 23.8 31.5
Ambulance admission (%) 46.9 62.8 <0.001 77.1 <0.001 72.2 80.9 <0.001 86.6 <0.001 63.9 78.7 <0.001 85.4 <0.001

ICH indicates intracerebral hemorrhage; IS, ischemic stroke; JCS, Japan Coma Scale; SAH, subarachnoid hemorrhage.

*

Off‐hour (O) and Nighttime (N) were separately compared with Working‐hour (W).