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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2016 Jul 14;25(10):2535–2542. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2016.06.034

Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Characteristics All stroke
patients		 Stroke patients
with PEG tube
placement		 Stroke patients
without PEG
tube placement		 Difference between stroke
patients with and without PEG
tube placement (P value)
Discharge records, % (N)  100 (26,774)  5.30 (1,420) 94.70 (25,354) N/A
Age (years), mean (SD) 71.44 (14.47) 73.20 (13.48) 71.35 (14.51) <.0001
Females, % (N) 51.27 (13,727) 51.13 (726) 51.28 (13,001) .9117
Whites, % (N) 66.71 (17,860) 57.04 (810) 67.25 (17,050) <.0001
Ischemic stroke, % (N) 90.20 (24,151) 77.61 (1,102) 90.91 (23,049) <.0001
Charlson Comorbidity Index
 (max 24), total score (SD)		  3.04 (1.88)  3.95 (1.85)  2.99 (1.87) <.0001

Abbreviations: N/A, not applicable; PEG, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy; SD, standard deviation.