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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Stroke. 2017 Jun 29;48(8):2098–2104. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.117.017358

Table 1.

Comparison of baseline characteristics of statin users versus non-statin users

Variables Statin users
Non-statin users
Total Prior Continued New

N 1093 268 423 402 1364

Age (years) mean±SD (median) 65.1±13.6 70.4±12.5 68.2±12.7 58.4±12.5 60.3±15.0

Female 39.7% 41.0% 41.6% 36.8% 43.1%

Race/ethnicity
Black 29.1% 27.2% 23.9% 35.8% 35.2%
Hispanic 32.8% 27.6% 25.3% 44.0% 35.3%
White 38.2% 45.1% 50.8% 20.1% 29.5%

Risk Factors
History of ischemic stroke 18.0% 25.0% 19.1% 12.2% 8.6%
History of Diabetes 39.2% 47.0% 48.0% 24.9% 21.5%
History of Alzheimer disease 2.0% 2.2% 3.1% 0.7% 1.7%
History of Dementia (non-Alzheimer) 5.0% 11.2% 5.0% 1.0% 3.8%
History of hypertension 91.0% 92.2% 94.8% 86.3% 80.4%
History of high cholesterol 69.7% 88.1% 93.6% 31.8% 27.3%
Prior use of antiplatelet therapy 10.9% 18.3% 14.2% 2.5% 2.7%
Prior use of anticoagulants 16.7% 22.8% 24.8% 4.2% 8.4%
Prior moderate use of alcohol 22.6% 19.4% 22.9% 24.4% 25.6%

ICH Category
Lobar 33.5% 43.3% 38.3% 21.9% 29.8%
Deep (Includes Primary IVH) 54.8% 44.4% 49.9% 66.9% 56.4%
Brainstem 4.1% 4.1% 3.3% 5.0% 6.5%
Cerebellum 7.6% 8.2% 8.5% 6.2% 7.3%

Admission GCS (median, IQR) 15, 12–15 13, 7–15 15, 14–15 15, 13–15 14, 9–15

Initial Hematoma volume* (mean±SD) 20.2±26.7 39.2±39.6 13.7±15.8 13.3±15.3 21.2±24.0

Presence of IVH 40.3% 54.5% 36.2% 35.1% 46.2%

Microbleed Present 52.2% 51.6% 41.7% 61.9% 53.7%
Microbleed Location
 Lobar only 8.3% 12.5% 13.0% 3.6% 9.4%
 Non-Lobar only 16.6% 12.5% 8.1% 24.0% 6.5%
 Lobar plus Non-Lobar 27.5% 27.1% 19.5% 33.5% 29.4%

Prestroke mRS
0 65.0% 52.5% 61.6% 76.8% 74.4%
1 14.2% 15.8% 16.6% 10.7% 9.4%
2 12.0% 16.6% 12.3% 8.7% 7.9%
3 5.1% 9.1% 5.9% 1.7% 4.6%
4 3.1% 5.3% 2.8% 2.0% 2.9%
5 0.5% 0.8% 0.7% 0.0% 0.8%
*

= CT imaging within 6 hours of onset

=P<0.0001 (P-values reflect the comparison between statin users and non-statin users).

=p<0.05 ((P-values reflect the comparison between statin users and non-statin users).