Table I.
Basal clinical characteristics of the studied population in relation to age and gender
| Parameter | Non-diabetic | Diabetic | Total | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean ± SD/% | N | Mean ± SD/% | N | Mean ± SD/% | |||
| Age: | ||||||||
| Hemorrhagic stroke | 499 | 71.92 ±11.90 | 137 | 72.90 ±9.28 | 636 | 72.13 ±11.38 | NS | |
| Ischemic stroke | 117 | 63.94 ±16.01 | 12 | 73.17 ±10.19 | 129 | 64.80 ±15.76 | 0.054 | |
| Gender: | ||||||||
| Ischemic stroke | Males | 264 | 52.9 | 68 | 49.6 | 332 | 52.2 | 0.501 |
| Females | 235 | 47.1 | 69 | 50.4 | 304 | 47.8 | ||
| Hemorrhagic stroke | Males | 53 | 45.3 | 7 | 58.3 | 60 | 46.5 | 0.545 |
| Females | 64 | 54.7 | 5 | 41.7 | 69 | 53.5 | ||