Table 1.

Frequency of stroke patients according to gender, severity of stroke and distribution of risk factors, as well as the mean±standard deviation (SD) serum levels of Mg in type of stroke and subtype of ischemic (embolic and thrombotic) as well as hemorrhagic of stroke (ICH and SAH)

		Ischemic of stroke			Hemorrhagic of stroke
Variable	Subgroup	Thrombotic %(N)	Embolic %(N)	P.value*	ICH %(N)	SAH %(N)	P.value**
Gender	male	57.4(109)	42.6(81)	0.261	68.6(24)	31.4(11)	0.473
	female	51.6(95)	48.4(89)		60.5(23)	39.5(15)
HTN	Yes	60.5(98)	39.5(64)	0.043	78.6(33)	21.4(9)	0.003
	NO	50(106)	50(106)		45.2(14)	54.8(17)
IHD	Yes	50(81)	50(81)	0.123	64.9(24)	35.1(13)	0.931
	NO	58(123)	42(89)		63.9(23)	36.1(13)
HLP	Yes	56.5(14)	43.5(170)	0.45	62.1(18)	37.9(11)	0.737
	NO	52.6(100)	47.4(90)		65.9(29)	34.1(15)
DM	Yes	57.1(96)	42.9(72)	0.362	76.3(29)	23.7(9)	0.027
	NO	52.4(108)	47.6(98)		51.4(18)	48.6(17)
Smoking	Yes	50.3(73)	49.7(72)	0.194	63.6(21)	36.4(12)	0.904
	NO	57.2(131)	42.8(98)		65.0(26)	35.0(14)
Severity in admission time	Mild	54.1(146)	45.9(124)	0.348	68.0(34)	32.0(16)	0.424
	Moderate	52.4(44)	47.6(40)		60.0(12)	40.0(8)
	Severe	70.0(14)	30.0(6)		33.3(1)	66.7(2)
Severity in discharge time	Mild	47.6(89)	52.4(98)	0.034	63.0(17)	37.0(10)	0.632
	Moderate	60.7(65)	39.3(42)		72.2(13)	27.8(5)
	Severe	58.6(34)	41.4(24)		68.8(11)	31.3(5)
	death	72.7(16)	27.3(6)		50.0(6)	50.0(6)
Mg (mg/dl)		Mean±SD	Mean±SD	0.139	Mean±SD	Mean±SD
		1.60±0.44	1.67±0.40		1.28±0.38	1.36±0.41	0.426

HTN: hypertension, IHD: ischemic heart disease, HLP: hyperlipidemia, DM: Diabetes Mellitus.

P.value *: indicating significant difference between thrombotic and embolic patients in ischemic of stroke.

P.value **: indicating significant difference between ICH and SAH patients in hemorrhagic of stroke.