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. 2016 Oct 8;6(3):76–83. doi: 10.1159/000450692

Table 1.

Demographic, medical, and clinical characteristics of the cohort

Total number (n = 249) Low ABCD2 score (n = 33) High ABCD2 score (n = 216)
Demographics
Age, years 63.9 ± 14.4 58.3 ± 13.5 64.7 ± 14.4
Male 111 (45) 12 (36) 99 (46)
Caucasian 118 (47) 20 (61) 98 (45)
African-American 104 (42) 10 (30) 94 (44)
Hispanic 21 (8) 3 (9) 18 (8)
Asian 6 (2) 0 6 (3)

Medical comorbidities
Hypertension 183 (73) 21 (63) 162 (75)
High cholesterol 125 (50) 13 (39) 112 (52)
Atrial fibrillation 21 (9) 1 (3) 20 (9)
CAD 57 (23) 8 (24) 49 (23)
Current smoker 58 (23) 7 (21) 51 (24)
Prior TIA 38 (15) 5 (15) 33 (15)
Prior stroke 54 (22) 8 (24) 46 (21)
Diabetes 71 (29) 4 (12) 67 (31)

Hospitalization characteristics
Initial systolic BP in the ED, mm Hg 146 ± 29 134 ± 37 147 ± 27
Initial diastolic BP in the ED, mm Hg 79 ± 17 75 ± 18 79 ± 16
Motor symptoms 145 (58) 3 (9) 142 (66)
Speech disturbances 128 (51) 9 (27) 119 (55)
Duration of episode (n = 208) (n = 28) (n = 180)
 <10 min 35 (17) 14 (50) 21 (12)
 10–59 min 72 (35) 8 (29) 64 (36)
 >59 min, <24 h 101 (49) 6 (21) 95 (53)
Single episode at presentation 212 (85) 28 (85) 184 (85)
DWI MRI (n = 211) (n = 27) (n = 184)
 Abnormal 61 (29) 5 (19) 56 (30)
Length of stay, days
 Mean ± SD 2.6 ± 3.2 2.7 ± 3.6 2.6 ± 3.1
 Median (IQR) 2 (2) 2 (2) 2 (2)
Discharge disposition
 Home or left AMA 233 (94) 31 (94) 202 (94)
 Inpatient rehabilitation 11 (4) 2 (6) 9 (4)
 Long-term acute care 3 (1) 0 3 (1)
 Transfer to another hospital 1 0 1
 Expired 1 0 1
Symptomatic carotid stenosis >50% 15 (6) 2 (6) 13 (6)

Data are given as n (%) or mean ± SD, unless otherwise indicated. CAD = Coronary artery disease; BP = blood pressure; IQR = interquartile range; AMA = against medical advice.