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. 2018 Sep 8;3(4):256–262. doi: 10.1136/svn-2018-000154

Table 1.

Patient characteristics for stroke and TIA admissions by cerebrovascular event type

Variables Total (n=433 264) IS (n=352 572) TIA (n=30 362) ICH (n=42 080) SAH (n=5505) SNC (n=2745)
Patient characteristics
Age in years, median (IQR) 66.0 (57.0–75.0) 66.0 (58.0–75.0) 65.0 (56.0–74.0) 63.0 (53.0–72.0) 60.0 (50.0–68.0) 66.0 (57.0–75.0)
Male, n (%) 268 106 (61.9) 220 281 (62.5) 17 656 (58.2) 26 414 (62.8) 2296 (41.7) 1459 (53.2)
Ethnic Han, n (%) 417 596 (96.4) 340 362 (96.5) 29 327 (96.6) 40 090 (95.3) 5215 (94.7) 2602 (94.8)
Current smoking, n (%) 101 786 (23.5) 85 320 (24.2) 6472 (21.3) 8747 (20.8) 850 (15.4) 397 (14.5)
History of drinking, n (%) 104 355 (24.1) 85 617 (24.3) 6695 (22.1) 10 607 (25.2) 952 (17.3) 484 (17.6)
NIHSS, median (IQR) 3 (2–7) 3 (2–6) 2 (0–7)
Medical history, n (%)
 Prior stroke/TIA 141 420 (32.6) 117 909 (33.4) 10 359 (34.1) 11 490 (27.3) 1084 (19.7) 578 (21.1)
 Hypertension 279 251 (64.5) 227 623 (64.6) 17 537 (57.8) 30 052 (71.4) 2709 (49.2) 1330 (48.5)
 Diabetes mellitus 84 204 (19.4) 74 438 (21.1) 5143 (16.9) 3826 (9.1) 365 (6.6) 432 (15.7)
 Dyslipidaemia 35 862 (8.3) 30 779 (8.7) 2763 (9.1) 1921 (4.6) 187 (3.4) 212 (7.7)
 Prior CHD/MI 48 492 (11.2) 41 188 (11.7) 3806 (12.5) 2812 (6.7) 339 (6.2) 347 (12.6)
 Atrial fibrillation/flutter 22 212 (5.1) 20 430 (5.8) 926 (3.0) 682 (1.6) 53 (1.0) 121 (4.4)
 Prior heart failure 4105 (0.9) 3668 (1.0) 190 (0.6) 211 (0.5) 17 (0.3) 19 (0.7)
 Carotid stenosis 5574 (1.3) 4797 (1.4) 580 (1.9) 131 (0.3) 15 (0.3) 51 (1.9)
 PVD 7648 (1.8) 6635 (1.9) 510 (1.7) 372 (0.9) 55 (1.0) 76 (2.8)

CHD/MI, coronary heart disease or myocardial infarction; ICH, intracerebral haemorrhage; IS, ischaemic stroke; NIHSS, The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; PVD, peripheral vascular disease; SAH, subarachnoid haemorrhage; SNC, stroke not classified; TIA, transit ischaemic attack.