Table 1.

Clinical history (not mutually exclusive) preceding hospitalization.

	All patients (n = 448)	Ischemic (n = 141)	Hemorrhagic (n = 82)	Undetermined (225)
HTN	166 (37.1%)	53 (37.6%)	37 (45.1%)	76 (33.8%)
NIDDM	8 (1.8%)	4 (2.8%)	2 (2.4%)	2 (0.9%)
Comorbid HTN & NIDDM	22 (4.9%)	6 (4.3%)	4 (4.9%)	12 (5.3%)
Cardiac illness	39 (8.7%)	14 (9.9%)	11 (13.4%)	14 (6.2%)
Pulmonary illness	13 (2.9%)	5 (3.5%)	3 (3.7%)	5 (2.2%)
Renal illness	11 (2.5%)	6 (4.3%)	2 (2.4%)	3 (1.3%)
Malaria	15 (3.3%)	2 (1.4%)	3 (3.7%)	10 (4.4%)
TB	14 (3.1%)	5 (3.5%)	2 (2.4%)	7 (3.1%)
HIV	8 (1.8%)	4 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.8%)

HTN, Hypertension; NIDDM, Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; TB, Tuberculosis; HIV, Human immunodeficiency virus.