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. 2015 Oct 13;5(3):107–113. doi: 10.1159/000440730

Table 2.

Subtypes of cancer versus non-cancer ISP

No cancer (n = 1,227) Lung (n = 12) Prostate (n = 10) Colorectal (n = 7) Breast (n = 7) Gyn. cancer (n = 5) CUP (n = 4) Lymphoma (n = 4)
Age 69.5 ± 15.1 68.4 ± 11.2 75.2 ± 12.4 74.6 ± 14.6 76.5 ± 8.9 71.7 ± 13.7 62.4 ± 5.4 71.6 ±12.6
Male, n (%) 694 (56.6) 6 (50.0) 10 (100.0) 5 (71.4) 1 (14.3) 4 (100.0) 3 (75.0)
Median NIHSS (IQR) 3 (1 – 8) 5 (1 – 8) 4 (3 – 9) 3 (0 – 9) 2 (2 – 3) 5 (4 – 7) 3 (2 – 7.5) 7 (4.5 – 10)
Median mRS (IQR) 2 (1 – 4) 2 (1 – 4) 1.5 (1 – 3) 2 (2 – 4) 2 (2 – 3) 1 (1 – 1) 2 (81.5 – 2) 2.5 (1.5 – 3)
Median time from stroke to cancer (IQR), months 8.7 (5.5 – 27.3) 14.0 (6.0 – 20.3) 4.0 (1.3 – 22.0) 12.2 (8.1 – 25.8) 14.3 (2.2 – 18.1) 16.8 (7.1 – 23.8) 15.9 (12.4 – 20.1)
Smoking, n (%) 664 (54.1) 10 (83.3)* 7 (70.0) 5 (71.4) 3 (42.9) 3 (60.0) 4 (100)** 2 (50.0)

Blood values
Fibrinogen, mmol/l 3.7 ± 1.1 4.0 ± 1.5 4.3 ± 1.6 9.2 ± 13.6** 4.5± 2.1 3.7 ± 0.4 3.6 ± 0.4 3.5 ±0.8
Hemoglobin, g/dl 14.3 ± 1.5 13.9 ± 2.2 14.0 ± 1.9 13.5 ± 2.8 13.2 ± 2.0 13.9 ± 1.8 14.8 ± 1.3 14.1 ±0.9
Cholesterol, mmol/l 5.3 ± 1.3 5.2 ± 1.4 5.0 ± 1.0 4.9 ± 1.5 5.0 ± 1.7 5.0 ± 1.3 5.5 ± 0.4 5.2 ±1.4
D-dimer, mg/l 1.4 ± 2.5 3.7 ± 6.3* 1.7 ± 1.4 1.0 ± 1.1 1.8± 2.7 3.5 ± 4.8 3.0 ±1.8
CRP, mg/l 10.0 ± 26.4 29.7 ± 68.4* 14.3 ± 33.7 12.3 ± 21.3 25.6± 34.8 31.6 ± 59.5 3.5 ± 2.5 3.0 ±1.8
Glucose, mmol/l 6.7 ± 2.5 8.2 ± 4.6* 6.2 ± 1.3 6.7 ± 1.5 6.7 ± 2.8 6.5 ± 1.8 8.1 ± 2.0 6.2 ±1.8

Values are expressed as mean ± SD, unless otherwise specified.

*

p ≤ 0.05

**

p ≤ 0.01.