Table 2. Incident Stroke Profile and Vascular Risk Factors of the Poststroke Recrudescence Group and the MGH Stroke Registry Group.
| Feature | Recrudescence (n = 145) |
MGH Stroke Registry (n = 1861) |
P Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD), y | 67 (16) | 69 (15) | .06 |
| Female, No. (%) | 90 (62.1) | 859 (46.2) | <.001 |
| Race, No. (%) | |||
| White | 101 (69.7) | 1691 (90.9) | <.001 |
| African American | 25 (17.2) | 76 (4.1) | <.001 |
| Other | 19 (13.1) | 94 (5.1) | <.001 |
| Hispanic ethnicity | 9 (6.2) | 118 (6.3) | .99 |
| Dementia | 7 (4.8) | 89 (4.8) | .88 |
| Traditional vascular risk factors, No. (%) | |||
| Hypertension | 112 (77.2) | 1318 (70.8) | .14 |
| Diabetes | 61 (42.1) | 459 (24.7) | <.001 |
| Dyslipidemia | 85 (58.6) | 836 (44.9) | .001 |
| Atrial fibrillation | 36 (24.8) | 415 (22.3) | .48 |
| Coronary artery disease | 41 (28.3) | 437 (23.5) | .19 |
| Smoking | 33 (22.8) | 315 (16.9) | .03 |
| Admission NIHSS score, mean (SD) | 10.2 (5.9) | 7.3 (7.5) | <.001 |
| Stroke cause (TOAST), No. (%) | |||
| Large-artery disease | 30 (20.7) | 412 (22.1) | .67 |
| Cardioembolism | 35 (24.1) | 766 (41.2) | <.001 |
| Small-vessel disease | 23 (15.9) | 145 (7.8) | .001 |
| Other definite | 20 (13.8) | 167 (9.0) | .03 |
| Cryptogenic | 36 (24.8) | 371 (19.9) | .14 |
Abbreviations: MGH, Massachusetts General Hospital; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; TOAST, Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke.