Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of study population, at baseline. 95% CI
| Category | Variable | Ischemic stroke | Intracerebral hemorrhage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Women | Men | All | Women | Men | ||
| Sociodemographic profile | Number of patients (%) | 24,415 | 12,215 (50.0%) | 12,200 (50.0%) | 3276 | 1560 (47.6%) | 1716 (52.4%) |
| Age in years (mean) | 76.5 (76.4; 76.7) | 79.1 (78.8; 79.3) | 74.0 (73.8; 74.2) | 73.9 (73.4; 74.3) | 76.9 (76.2; 77.5) | 71.1 (70.5; 71.8) | |
| Highest level of education (distribution, %) | |||||||
| Elementary | 46.7 | 51.7 | 41.7 | 43.4 | 48.6 | 38.8 | |
| High school | 36.5 | 34.2 | 38.9 | 36.8 | 34.4 | 39.0 | |
| College/university | 16.8 | 14.2 | 19.4 | 19.7 | 17.0 | 22.2 | |
| Marital status (distribution, %) | |||||||
| Married | 42.4 | 30.1 | 54.7 | 43.8 | 33.6 | 53.1 | |
| Unmarried | 11.1 | 8.6 | 13.6 | 14.4 | 10.5 | 17.9 | |
| Divorced | 16.7 | 16.2 | 17.2 | 17.5 | 16.6 | 18.3 | |
| Widowed | 29.8 | 45.1 | 14.5 | 24.4 | 39.4 | 10.7 | |
| Born outside the EU (%) | 4.8 (4.5; 5.1) | 4.4 (4.0; 4.7) | 5.3 (4.9; 5.7) | 6.2 (5.4; 7.0) | 5.4 (4.3; 6.6) | 6.9 (5.7; 8.1) | |
| Living alone (%) | 51.3 (50.7; 51.9) | 64.7 (63.9; 65.6) | 37.8 (37.0; 38.7) | 49.4 (47.7; 51.1) | 61.1 (58.6; 63.5) | 38.7 (36.4; 41.0) | |
| Living arrangements (distribution, %) | |||||||
| Living at home, no home help services | 71.3 | 62.9 | 79.8 | 71.3 | 61.8 | 80.1 | |
| Living at home, with home help services | 19.0 | 24.8 | 13.2 | 16.6 | 23.0 | 10.7 | |
| Special housing | 9.7 | 12.4 | 6.9 | 11.5 | 14.9 | 8.3 | |
| Medical history | ADL dependency (%) | 11.4 (11.0; 11.8) | 13.8 (13.2; 14.4) | 9.0 (8.5; 9.6) | 12.1 (10.9; 13.2) | 15.9 (14.0; 17.7) | 8.7 (7.4; 10.1) |
| Prior stroke (− 2 years) (%) | 6.9 (6.5; 7.2) | 6.8 (6.3; 7.2) | 6.9 (6.5; 7.4) | 6.5 (5.7; 7.3) | 7.3 (6.0; 8.6) | 5.8 (4.7; 6.9) | |
| Inpatient care year − 1 (mean days) | 5.2 (5.0; 5.3) | 5.6 (5.4; 5.8) | 4.7 (4.5; 5.0) | 5.7 (5.2; 6.3) | 6.6 (5.8; 7.4) | 5.0 (4.3; 5.6) | |
| Atrial fibrillation (%) | 31.0 (30.4; 31.6) | 34.2 (33.3; 35.0) | 27.8 (27.0; 28.6) | 21.6 (20.2; 23.0) | 20.6 (18.6; 22.6) | 22.6 (20.6; 24.5) | |
| Hypertension (%) | 64.7 (64.1; 65.3) | 67.5 (66.6; 68.3) | 62.0 (61.1; 62.8) | 59.9 (58.2; 61.6) | 62.6 (60.2; 65.0) | 57.5 (55.2; 59.9) | |
| Stroke severity | Level of consciousness at hospital arrival (distribution, %) | ||||||
| Conscious | 85.9 | 83.0 | 88.8 | 60.3 | 57.6 | 62.7 | |
| Indolent | 10.9 | 13.0 | 8.8 | 22.1 | 23.7 | 20.7 | |
| Unconscious | 3.2 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 17.6 | 18.7 | 16.7 | |