Table 1.
Baseline characteristics for healthy controls, ischemic stroke, and transient ischemic attack patients.
| Healthy controls | IS | TIA | |
|---|---|---|---|
| N | 29 | 31 | 9 |
| Age (median + IQR) | 58 (51;64) | 69 (58–77.5) | 71 (62–75) |
| Sex [N (%) males] | 19 (66%) | 20 (65%) | 5 (56%) |
| BMI (median + IQR) | 27.5 (26.2;28.1) (5 missing) |
26.3 (22.6–28.4) | 24.9 (22.8–28.7) (1 missing) |
| SSS (median + IQR) | – | 52 (47–55) (2 missing) |
58 (56–58) |
| Converted NIHSS (median + IQR) | 3.3 (1.8–5.7) (2 missing) |
0.7 (0.7–4.2) | |
| mRS (median + IQR) | – | 1 (1;3) (4 missing) |
0(0) |
| Anti-inflammatory medication (%) | 1 (3.5%) (10 missing) |
11 (35%) | 5 (55.5%) |
| Blood thinning medication (%) | 1 (3.4%) (10 missing) |
15 (48.4%) | 5 (55.5%) |
| Cholesterol-lowering medication (%) | 2 (6.9%) (9 missing) |
5 (16.1%) | 2 (22.2%) |
| Smoking (%) | |||
| Never smoked | 10 (34.4%) | 4 (13%) | 4 (45%) |
| Smoker | 5 (17.2%) | 8 (26%) | 1 (11%) |
| Former smoker | 5 (17.2%) | 16 (51%) | 3 (33%) |
| Unknown | 3 (10.4%) | 3 (10%) | 1 (11%) |
| Missing | 6 (20.7%) | 0 | 0 |
| Alcohol (%) | |||
| None | 6 (20.7%) | 6 (19%) | 2 (22%) |
| </=limit | 12 (41.4%) | 18 (58%) | 6 (67%) |
| >limit | 2 (6.9%) | 6 (19%) | 1 (11%) |
| Unknown | 2 (6.9%) | 1 (4%) | 0 |
| Missing | 7 (24.1%) | 0 | 0 |
N, number of individuals; IQR, interquartile range.