Table 1b.
Clinical and Socio-demographic of the stroke patients.
| Variable | Total |
Male |
Female |
P values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 178 (100%) | n = 95 (100%) | N = 83 (100%) | ||
| Risk factors | – | |||
| Hypertension | 150 (84.3) | 81 (85.2) | 69 (83.1) | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 37 (20.7) | 14 (14.7) | 23 (27.7) | |
| Dyslipidaemia | 32 (17.9) | 11 (11.6) | 21 (25.1) | |
| Tobacco smoking | 64 (35.9) | 40 (42.1) | 24 (28.9) | |
| Alcohol use | 56 (31.4) | 38 (40.0) | 16 (19.3) | |
| Atrial Fibrillation | 11 (6.1) | 8 (8.4) | 3 (3.6) | |
| Previous stroke | 36 (20.2) | 23 (24.2) | 13 (83.1) | |
| Stroke clinical features | - | |||
| Hemiplegia/Hemiparesis | 157 (87.6) | 87 (91.6) | 69 (83.1) | |
| Cranial nerves deficit | 37 (20.8) | 26 (27.4) | 11 (13.3) | |
| Headache | 108 (60.7) | 55 (57.9) | 53 (63.9) | |
| Dizziness | 38 (21.3) | 18 (18.9) | 20 (24.9) | |
| Alter conscious level | 63 (35.4) | 32 (33.7) | 31 (37.3) | |
| Slurred speech | 24 (13.4) | 10 (10.5) | 14 (16.9) | |
| Vomiting | 15 (8.4) | 6 (6.3) | 9 (10.8) | |
| Convulsion | 21 (11.8) | 6 (6.3) | 15 (18.1) | |
| Diagnosis of stroke | 0.828 | |||
| Imaging | 114 (64.0) | 63 (66.3) | 51 (61.4) | |
| Clinically (no imaging) | 64 (36.0) | 32 (33.7) | 32 (38.6) | |
| Stroke Classification - Imaging | 0.02 | |||
| Infarction | 87 (76.3) | 47 (74.6) | 40 ((78.4) | |
| hemorrhage | 27 (23.7) | 16 (25.4) | 11 (22.6) | |
| Stroke Type | – | |||
| Infarction | 87 (48.8) | 47 (49.5) | 40 (48.2) | |
| hemorrhage | 27 (15.2) | 16 (16.8) | 11 (13.3) | |
| Unknown (No Scan) | 64 (36.0) | 32 (33.7) | 32 (38.6) |