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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2015 Sep 2;24(11):2467–2473. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2015.04.041

Table 3. Baseline Characteristics - Stroke/TIA patients.

Baseline Characteristic Group A (%) Group B (%) Group C (%) Total (%) p value

Gender
Female 13 (44.83%) 21 (42.86%) 42 (40.38%) 76 (41.76%) 0.9139
Male 16 (55.17%) 28 (57.14%) 62 (59.62%) 106 (58.24%)
Total 29 (100%) 49 (100%) 104 (100%) 182 (100%)

Race
White 24 (82.76%) 41 (83.67%) 93 (89.42%) 158 (86.81%) 0.686
Asian 2 (6.9%) 2 (4.08%) 4 (3.85%) 8 (4.4%)
Pacific Islander 1 (3.45%) 2 (4.08%) 1 (0.96%) 4 (2.2%)
Black 2 (6.9%) 4 (8.16%) 6 (5.77%) 12 (6.59%)
Native American 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
Total 29 (100%) 49 (100%) 104 (100%) 182 (100%)

Ethnicity
Not Hispanic 24 (82.76%) 45 (91.84%) 88 (84.62%) 157 (86.26%) 0.3763
Hispanic 5 (17.24%) 4 (8.16%) 16 (15.38%) 25 (13.74%)
Total 29 (100%) 49 (100%) 104 (100%) 182 (100%)

Hx of Hypertension
No/Unknown 8 (27.59%) 11 (22.45%) 31 (29.81%) 50 (27.47%) 0.6812
Yes 21 (72.41%) 38 (77.55%) 73 (70.19%) 132 (72.53%)
Total 29 (100%) 49 (100%) 104 (100%) 182 (100%)

Hx of Diabetes
No/Unknown 21 (72.41%) 39 (79.59%) 80 (76.92%) 140 (76.92%) 0.7817
Yes 8 (27.59%) 10 (20.41%) 24 (23.08%) 42 (23.08%)
Total 29 (100%) 49 (100%) 104 (100%) 182 (100%)

Hx of Afibrillation
No/Unknown 21 (72.41%) 33 (67.35%) 85 (81.73%) 139 (76.37%) 0.1223
Yes 8 (27.59%) 16 (32.65%) 19 (18.27%) 43 (23.63%)
Total 29 (100%) 49 (100%) 104 (100%) 182 (100%)

Prior cerebrovascular disease
No/Unknown 21 (72.41%) 33 (68.75%) 67 (64.42%) 121 (66.85%) 0.7047
Yes 8 (27.59%) 15 (31.25%) 37 (35.58%) 60 (33.15%)
Total 29 (100%) 48 (100%) 104 (100%) 181 (100%)

Smoking
No 24 (82.76%) 36 (73.47%) 66 (63.46%) 126 (69.23%) 0.1133
Previous/Passive/Present 5 (17.24%) 13 (26.53%) 38 (36.54%) 56 (30.77%)
Total 29 (100%) 49 (100%) 104 (100%) 182 (100%)

Age [mean(SD)] 63.24 (16.29) 66.41 (13.13) 68.64 (15.78) 67.17 (15.24) 0.223
Baseline NIHSS [mean(SD)] 8.10 (8.56) 6.78 (7.61) 7.15 (8.35) 7.20 (8.16) 0.784
Baseline Glucose [mean(SD)] 140.88 (61.58) 134.51 (64.89) 143.66 (90.75) 140.74 (79.97) 0.806