Table 1.

Patient characteristics in ISP with and without later cancer

	Cancer diagnosis after index stroke (n = 55)	ISP with no history of cancer (n = 1,227)	p
Male, n	34	694	0.4
Female, n	21	533
Mean age ± SD, years	72.7± 11.5	69.5 ±15.1	0.1
Median NIHSS (IQR)	4 (2 – 9)	3 (1 – 8)	0.9
Median mRS (IQR)	2 (1 – 4)	2 (1 – 4)	0.4
Mean temperature on admission ± SD, °C	36.6± 0.8	36.6 ±2.8	0.9
Prior ischemic stroke	13 (23.6)	169 (13.8)	0.04
Hypertension	26 (47.3)	619 (50.4)	0.7
Chronic AF	6 (10.9)	88 (7.2)	0.3
Paroxysmal AF	6 (10.9)	107 (8.7)	0.5
Diabetes mellitus	10 (18.2)	170 (13.9)	0.3
Previous myocardial infarction	6 (10.9)	163 (13.3)	0.6
Heart disease	5 (0.9)	124 (10.1)	0.8
Smoking	36 (65.5)	664 (54.1)	0.3
Blood values
Mean D-dimer ± SD, mg/l	2.7± 4.6	1.4 ±2.4	0.003
Mean fibrinogen ± SD, mmol/l	4.7± 5.3	3.7 ±0.9	<0.001
Mean hemoglobin ± SD, g/dl	14.0± 1.9	14.3 ±1.5	0.2
Mean glucose ± SD, mmol/l	7.2± 2.9	6.7 ±2.5	0.1
Mean CRP ± SD, mg/l	18.8± 41.2	10.0 ±26.4	0.02
Mean cholesterol ± SD, mmol/l	5.1± 1.3	5.4 ±1.3	0.1

Values are expressed as n (%), unless otherwise specified.