Table 1.
Distribution of 2758 patients admitted with acute ischaemic stroke to hospitals in Surrey between January 2014 and February 2016
| Median | IQR | |
| Age of men (years) | 75.0 | 65.0–83.0 |
| Age of women (years) | 83.0 | 74.0–89.0 |
| n | Proportion (%) | |
| Men:women | 1387:1371 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Caucasian: mixed race, black, Asian and other ethnic populations: not stated | 2544:180:34 | 92.2:6.6:1.2 |
| First stroke: recurrent stroke | 2123:635 | 77.0:23.0 |
| AF | 564 | 20.4* |
| AF with anticoagulation | 230 | 40.8† |
| AF without anticoagulation | 260 | 46.1† |
| AF not suitable for anticoagulation | 74 | 13.1† |
| Hypertension | 1446 | 52.4 |
| CHF | 171 | 6.2 |
| Diabetes | 463 | 16.8 |
| Stroke severity on arrival | ||
| No stroke symptoms (NIHSS score: 0) | 368 | 13.3 |
| Minor stroke (NIHSS score: 1–4) | 1092 | 39.6 |
| Moderate stroke (NIHSS score: 5–15) | 930 | 33.7 |
| Moderate to severe stroke (NIHSS score: 16–20) | 195 | 7.1 |
| Severe stroke (NIHSS score: 21–42) | 173 | 6.3 |
| Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) on discharge | ||
| No symptoms (mRS score: 0) | 682 | 24.7 |
| No significant disability (mRS: 1) | 489 | 17.7 |
| Slight disability (mRS score: 2) | 377 | 13.7 |
| Moderate disability (mRS score: 3) | 362 | 13.1 |
| Moderately severe disability (mRS score: 4) | 284 | 10.3 |
| Severe disability (mRS score: 5) | 130 | 4.7 |
| Dead (mRS score: 6) | 333 | 12.1 |
*Proportion relative to the total number of all patients in the present study (n=2758).
†Proportion relative to the number of patients with AF (n=564).
AF, atrial fibrillation; CHF, congestive heart failure; mRS, modified Rankin Scale; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health for Stroke Scale.