Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| N | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Incidence by age* | ||
| < 65 years | 0.20 | – |
| ≥ 65 years | 0.91 | – |
| Gender | ||
| Male | 27 | 49.1 |
| Female | 28 | 50.9 |
| Comorbidities | ||
| Hypertension | 22 | 40.0 |
| Dyslipidemia | 12 | 21.8 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 3 | 5.5 |
| Alzheimer-type dementia | 1 | 1.8 |
| Bronchial asthma | 1 | 1.8 |
| Gastric cancer | 1 | 1.8 |
| Hepatocellular carcinoma | 1 | 1.8 |
| Chronic heart failure | 1 | 1.8 |
| Old myocardial infarction | 1 | 1.8 |
| Duration from symptom onset to initial diagnosis (days)† | ||
| 1 | 3 | 5.5 |
| 2 | 7 | 12.7 |
| 3 | 15 | 27.3 |
| 4 | 10 | 18.2 |
| 5 | 9 | 16.4 |
| 6 or more | 5 | 9.1 |
| Unknown | 6 | 10.9 |
*
Per 1,000 population.
†
Average from onset to initial diagnosis was 2.7 days.