Table 1.
Diabetes status versus baseline demographic and clinical characteristics among stroke patients admitted at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
| Had Diabetes | P-value | ||
| No(N/%) | Yes(N/%) | ||
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| Gender | |||
| Male | 142(64.25) | 48(45.71) | |
| Female | 79(35.75) | 57(54.29) | 0.002 |
| Mean Age (SD) years | 57.63(0.99) | 61.48(1.29) | 0.018 |
| PMHx Hypertension | |||
| Yes | 155(70.14) | 86(81.9) | 0.0237 |
| No | 66(29.86) | 19(18.1) | |
| Swallowing test | |||
| Pass | 161(72.85) | 70(68.57) | 0.472 |
| Failed | 60(27.15) | 35(31.43) | |
| Had speech abnormalities | |||
| No | 112(50.68) | 48(45.71) | 0.40 |
| Yes | 109(49.32) | 57(54.29) | |
| Mean systolic BP (SD) mmHg | 152.29(2.22) | 156.74(3.43) | 0.266 |
| Mean diastolic BP (SD) mmHg | 93.03(1.36) | 91.47(2.30) | 0.536 |
| Temperature | |||
| Normal | 48(21.72) | 20(19.05) | 0.683 |
| Fever | 173(78.28) | 85(80.95) | |
| Haemorrhagic Stroke | 103(46.61) | 29(27.62) | 0.004 |
| Ischaemic Stroke | 108(48.87) | 71(67.62) | |
| Other | 10(4.52) | 5(4.76) | |
| Pneumonia | |||
| Yes | 59 (26.7) | 26 (24.76) | 0.710 |
| No | 162(73.3) | 79 (75.24) | |
| eGFR | |||
| >60ml/hr/1.73m2 | 163(78.52) | 75(71.43) | 0.758 |
| <60ml/hr/1.73m2 | 58(21.48) | 30(28.57) | |
| Total Cholesterol (mmol/L) | 5.48(0.11) | 5.10(0.17) | 0.065 |
| LDLc (mmol/L) | 3.55(0.10) | 3.24(0.15) | 0.094 |
| HDLc (mmol/L) | 1.60(0.14) | 1.38(0.06) | 0.149 |
| Triglycerides (mmol/L) | 1.97(0.53) | 1.30(0.08) | 0.208 |
| Uric Acid (umol/L) | 345.93(11.99) | 345.78(15.24) | 0.994 |
| Random Blood Glucose (mmol/L) | 6.84(0.15) | 10.43(0.52) | <0.001 |
| Fasting Plasma Glucose (mmol/L) | 5.91(0.11) | 8.29(0.30) | <0.001 |
BP: blood pressure, eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate, LDLc: low density lipoprotein cholesterol, and HDLc: high density lipoprotein cholesterol.