Table 2.
Admission clinical and laboratory findings according to outcome of stroke
| Variable | Alive at discharge N=150 |
Died on admission N=115 |
p-value |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) |
172.8 ± 36.17 | 179.9 ± 40.75 | 0.13 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) |
101.2 ± 20.56 | 107 ± 24.52 | 0.03 |
| Pulse rate (beats/min) |
84.3 ± 13.38 | 89.6 ± 15.30 | 0.003 |
| Glasgow coma score |
15 (3 –15) | 9 (3 –15) | <0.0001 |
| NIHSS | 10 (2 – 32) | 28 (2 – 42) | <0.0001 |
| Blood Glucose (mmol/l) |
9.0 ± 4.93 | 10.6 ± 4.02 | 0.0065 |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/l) |
5.1 ± 1.43 | 5.4 ± 1.94 | 0.3 |
| HDL-cholesterol (mmol/l) |
1.3 ± 0.60 | 1.6 ± 0.88 | 0.003 |
| LDL-cholesterol (mmol/l) |
3.4 ± 1.60 | 4.0 ± 2.00 | 0.09 |
| Triglycerides (mmol/l) |
1.4 ± 0.66 | 1.5 ± 0.95 | 0.49 |
| Creatinine (µmol/l) |
118.9 ± 130.0 | 175.9 ± 234.9 | 0.02 |
| Urea (mmol/l) | 7.2 ± 6.28 | 11.5 ± 13.35 | 0.003 |
| Uric acid (mmol/l) |
403.2 ± 180.7 | 545.9 ± 294.1 | 0.0004 |
| Haemoglobin (g/dl) |
13.1 ± 2.23 | 13.6 ± 2.27 | 0.08 |
| White cell count (× 109) |
8.1 ± 3.19 | 11.2 ± 4.84 | <0.0001 |
| Platelet count (× 109) |
210 ± 88.5 | 200 ± 97.4 | 0.44 |