Table 2.

Haematological tests for stroke patients and healthy subjects

Group	Healthy (n 72)	Stroke (n 70)
		All	AP- naive	On AP
Plt (x109/l)	245 ± 50	256 ± 79	271.3 ± 83	238 ± 71
Hb (g/dl)	14.3 ± 1.3	14.2 ± 1.7	14.4 ± 1.6	13.9 ± 2
HCT (g/l)	0.43 ± 0.04	0.42 ± 0.04	0.42 ± 0.04	0.41 ± 0.05
PT (secs)	10.6 ± 0.7	10.6 ± 0.6	10.5 ± 0.5	10.8 ± 0.7†
APTT (secs)	26 ± 2.3	24.2 ± 2.2*	23.9 ± 2*	24.4 ± 2.3*
FBG (g/l)	3.2 ± 0.5	3.8 ± 0.8*	3.9 ± 0.9*	3.7 ± 0.7*

Values reported as mean and standard deviation, AP antiplatelet naive at baseline

*p < 0.05 compared with healthy controls

†p < 0.05 compared with AP – naive group