Table 1. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of acute ischemic stroke patients by race-ethnicity, N=1790.
| Caucasian, n=338 | Hispanic, n=662 | African American, n=790 | P | |
| Age, years | 75 ± 14 | 68 ± 15 | 67 ± 14 | <.0001 |
| Women | 166 (49%) | 344 (52%) | 446 (56%) | .05 |
| Mode of arrival | .003 | |||
| EMS | 250 (75%) | 425 (65%) | 518 (66%) | |
| Private | 83 (25%) | 230 (35%) | 265 (34%) | |
| SES | <.001 | |||
| 1st quartile | 27 (9%) | 209 (34%) | 168 (23%) | |
| 2nd quartile | 42 (14%) | 197 (32%) | 197 (27%) | |
| 3rd quartile | 97 (33%) | 143 (23%) | 238 (32%) | |
| 4th quartile | 132 (44%) | 71 (11%) | 138 (19%) | |
| Prior stroke | 75 (22%) | 225 (34%) | 254 (32%) | <.001 |
| NIHSS | 3 (1-8) | 3 (1-6) | 3 (1-7) | .53 |
Data are presented as means ± standard deviations, medians (interquartile range) or n (%).
EMS, emergency medical services; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health stroke scale; SES, socioeconomic status.