Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of 86 smokers with first-ever ischemic stroke ^*.

Age (year)	58.0 ± 9.7 †
Women (%)	28.0
Body Mass Index (kg/m²)	27.0 ± 4.5
University degree (%)	15.1
Employed before stroke onset (%)	52.3
Living with their families (%)	86.0
Number of concomitant medical states	2.8 ± 1.7
Barthel Index	17.3 ± 4.9
NIHSS	3.1 ± 2.8
Age of smoking initiation (year)	20.0 ± 3.8
Number of cigarettes per day	23.9 ± 10.3
FTND	5.1 ± 1.9
Readiness VAS (0–10 cm)	6.8 ± 3.4

NIHSS, the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; FTND, Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence; ^* assessed at hospitalization; ^† means ± SD.