Table 1. Demographic Data, Premorbid Health Status and Stroke-Related Characteristics According to Functional Recovery at Baseline (n = 358).
| Characteristics | Functional recovery (n = 255) | Non-functional recovery (n = 103) | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | 0.342 | ||||
| Male | 135 | 53.78 | 47 | 47.47 | |
| Female | 116 | 46.22 | 52 | 52.53 | |
| Hemisphere | 0.525 | ||||
| Left | 120 | 47.81 | 47 | 47.47 | |
| Right | 131 | 52.19 | 52 | 52.53 | |
| Subtype | < 0.001** | ||||
| Large artery, atherosclerosis | 163 | 64.94 | 93 | 93.94 | |
| Cardio-embolism | 5 | 1.99 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Small-vessel occlusion | 83 | 33.07 | 6 | 6.06 | |
| Age, mean (± SD) | 63.0 (13.55) | 66.7 (11.91) | 0.016* | ||
| BP | |||||
| Admission SBP, mean (± SD) | 153.4 (29.27) | 157.1 (29.88) | 0.187 | ||
| Admission DBP | 86.4 (19.33) | 86.9 (18.87) | 0.652 | ||
| GCS | 13.7 (1.99) | 12.5 (2.46) | < 0.001** | ||
| Prior TIA | 12 | 5.33 | 13 | 14.61 | 0.011* |
| Myocardial infarction | 8 | 3.69 | 4 | 4.76 | 0.744 |
| Atrial fibrillation | 62 | 27.07 | 47 | 50.54 | < 0.001** |
| Smoking | 58 | 23.11 | 24 | 24.24 | 0.892 |
| Alcohol | 32 | 12.96 | 16 | 16.16 | 0.486 |
| Co-morbidity | |||||
| Hypertension | 163 | 67.92 | 65 | 69.15 | 0.887 |
| Dyslipidemia | 129 | 54.43 | 55 | 57.29 | 0.551 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 45 | 19.57 | 23 | 26.14 | 0.454 |
| Other co-morbidity | 0.014* | ||||
| One co-morbidity | 74 | 29.72 | 28 | 28.28 | |
| Two or more co-morbidities | 57 | 22.89 | 37 | 37.37 | |
GCS: Glasgow coma scale; TIA: transient ischemic attack. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.001.