Table 1a.
Clinical and Socio-demographic of the stroke patients.
| Variable | Total |
Male |
Female |
P values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 178 (100%) | n = 95 (100%) | N = 83 (100%) | ||
| Mean age (±SD), years | 59.8 ± 14.0 | 58.7 ± 14.2 | 60.9 ± 13.7 | 0.46 |
| Systolic blood pressure, mmHg, mean | 170.3 ± 16.2 | 161.1 ± 15.6 | 179.6 ± 16.8 | 0.003 |
| Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg, mean | 98.5 ± 11.2 | 93.5 ± 10.5 | 103.5 ± 11.8 | 0.001 |
| Symptom onset to hospitalization (±SD), hours | 48.0 ± 14.7 | 50 ± 15.8 | 46 ± 13.6 | 0.33 |
| Age range, years | 0.58 | |||
| <40 | 13 (7.3) | 10 (10.5) | 3 (3.6) | |
| 40 to 49 | 28 (15.7) | 16 (16.8) | 12 (14.5) | |
| 50 to 59 | 52 (29.2) | 31 (32.6) | 21 (25.3) | |
| 60 to 69 | 43 (24.2) | 16 (16.8) | 27 (32.5) | |
| 70 to 79 | 23 (12.9) | 9 (9.5) | 14 (16.9) | |
| >80 | 19 (10.7) | 13 (13.7) | 6 (7.2) | |
| Marital status | 0.63 | |||
| Single | 32 (18.0) | 9 (9.5) | 23 (27.7) | |
| Married | 107 (60.1) | 68 (71.6) | 39 (47.0) | |
| Separated | 21 (11.8) | 13 (13.7) | 8 (9.6) | |
| Widowed | 18 (10.1) | 5 (5.3) | 13 (15.7) | |
| Employment status prior to stroke | 0.018 | |||
| Employed/Business | 48 (27.0) | 27 (29.5) | 20 | |
| Unemployed | 89 (50.0) | 52 (49.5) | 37 | |
| Retired | 41 (23.0) | 20 (21.0) | 20 | |
| Symptom onset to hospitalization | - | |||
| <24 h | 111 (62.4) | 57 (60.0) | 54 (65.1) | |
| 1.1–7 days | 55 (30.9) | 31 (32.6) | 24 (28.9) | |
| >7 | 12 (6.7) | 7 (7.4) | 5 (6.0) | |
| GSC on hospital arrival | ||||
| Poor GCS (≤8) | 24 (13.5) | 8 (8.4) | 16 (19.2) | 0.002 |
| Moderate GCS (9–12) | 39 (21.9) | 24 (25.3) | 15 (18.1) | 0.615 |
| Good GCS (13–15) | 117 (64.6) | 63 (66.3) | 52 (62.7) | 0.250 |