Table 1.
Baseline characteristics for stroke patients with or without acupuncture treatment
| Acupuncture treatment | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (N = 46950) | Yes (N = 23475) | P | |||
| Sex | n | (%) | n | (%) | 1.0000 |
| Female | 20098 | (42.8) | 10049 | (42.8) | |
| Male | 26852 | (57.2) | 13426 | (57.2) | |
| Age, years | 1.0000 | ||||
| 40–49 | 3994 | (8.5) | 1997 | (8.5) | |
| 50–59 | 9274 | (19.8) | 4637 | (19.8) | |
| 60–69 | 16796 | (35.8) | 8398 | (35.8) | |
| 70–79 | 16886 | (36.0) | 8443 | (36.0) | |
| Low income | 680 | (1.5) | 340 | (1.5) | 1.0000 |
| Subtypes of stroke | 1.0000 | ||||
| Hemorrhagic | 4408 | (9.4) | 2204 | (9.4) | |
| Ischemic | 27096 | (57.7) | 13548 | (57.7) | |
| Others | 15446 | (32.9) | 7723 | (32.9) | |
| Medical conditions | |||||
| Hypertension | 35028 | (74.6) | 17514 | (74.6) | 1.0000 |
| Diabetes | 18034 | (38.4) | 9017 | (38.4) | 1.0000 |
| Mental disorder | 15722 | (33.5) | 7861 | (33.5) | 1.0000 |
| Hyperlipidemia | 6472 | (13.8) | 3236 | (13.8) | 1.0000 |
| Cardiac arrhythmia | 4492 | (9.6) | 2246 | (9.6) | 1.0000 |
| Traumatic brain injury | 3692 | (7.9) | 1846 | (7.9) | 1.0000 |
| Parkinson’s disease | 3358 | (7.2) | 1679 | (7.2) | 1.0000 |
| Depression | 664 | (1.4) | 332 | (1.4) | 1.0000 |
| Alzheimer’s disease | 24 | (0.1) | 12 | (0.1) | 1.0000 |
| Obesity | 38 | (0.1) | 19 | (0.1) | 1.0000 |
| Malignant brain tumor | 18 | (0.0) | 9 | (0.0) | 1.0000 |
| Smoking cessation | 362 | (0.8) | 181 | (0.8) | 1.0000 |
| Rehabilitation | 27350 | (58.3) | 13675 | (58.3) | 1.0000 |
| Anticoagulant | 3300 | (7.0) | 1650 | (7.0) | 1.0000 |
| Anti-platelet agents | 44612 | (95.0) | 22306 | (95.0) | 1.0000 |
| Lipid-lowering agents | 23868 | (50.8) | 11934 | (50.8) | 1.0000 |
| ICU stay | 3448 | (7.3) | 3448 | (7.3) | 1.0000 |
| Neurosurgery | 828 | (1.8) | 414 | (1.8) | 1.0000 |
| Length of stay, mean ± SD | 6.92 ± 5.15 | 6.94 ± 5.21 | 0.5655 | ||
ICU intensive care unit, SD standard deviation