Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of patients with acute stroke by prestroke glycemic status
| Normoglycemia | Pre-diabetes | Diabetes | P value | |
| Ischemic stroke | ||||
| n | 614 | 830 | 632 | |
| Female | 315 (51.3) | 470 (56.6) | 317 (50.2) | 0.028 |
| Age, years | 79 (68–86) | 79 (71–85) | 79 (71–85) | 0.466 |
| Disability | 241 (39.3) | 285 (34.3) | 256 (40.5) | 0.034 |
| Heart disease | 115 (18.7) | 175 (21.1) | 173 (27.4) | 0.001 |
| Cancer or hematologic malignancy | 63 (10.3) | 110 (13.3) | 85 (13.4) | 0.151 |
| NIHSS score | 6 (3–14) | 6 (3–15) | 7 (3–16) | 0.376 |
| Fibrinolysis | 58 (9.4) | 76 (9.2) | 35 (5.5) | 0.016 |
| Non-lacunar subtype | 485 (79.0) | 682 (82.2) | 482 (76.3) | 0.021 |
| Intracerebral hemorrhage | ||||
| n | 136 | 106 | 56 | |
| Female | 136 (56.4) | 106 (51.2) | 56 (40.6) | 0.012 |
| Age, years | 78 (69–84) | 79 (72–84) | 78 (72–84) | 0.419 |
| Disability | 97 (40.2) | 73 (35.3) | 56 (40.6) | 0.478 |
| Heart disease | 20 (8.3) | 24 (11.6) | 27 (19.6) | 0.005 |
| Cancer or hematologic malignancy | 25 (10.4) | 25 (12.1) | 20 (14.5) | 0.491 |
| GCS score | 14 (10–15) | 14 (11–15) | 14 (10–15) | 0.737 |
| Non-lobar location | 141 (58.5) | 130 (63.1) | 92 (66.7) | 0.268 |
| Intraventricular extension | 79 (32.8) | 85 (41.3) | 45 (32.6) | 0.737 |
Data are median (IQR) or n (%).
GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.