Table 3.
Characteristics of stroke patients according to in-hospital mortality.
| Variable | Total |
Alive |
Died |
P values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 178 (100%) | n = 116 (%) | N = 62 (%) | ||
| Mean age (±SD), years | 59.8 ± 14.0 | 58.4 ± 13.1 | 61.2 ± 14.8 | 0.0013 |
| Systolic blood pressure, mmHg, mean | 170.35 ± 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 |
| Modified Rankin score at discharge, mean | 4.20 ± 1.63 | 3.61 ± 1.36 | 4.78 ± 1.89 | <0.001 |
| Age range, years | 0.58 | |||
| <40 | 13 (7.3) | 10 (8.6) | 3 (4.8) | |
| 40 to 49 | 28 (15.7) | 23 (19.8) | 5 (8.1) | |
| 50 to 59 | 52 (29.2) | 41 (35.3) | 11 (17.4) | |
| 60 to 69 | 43 (24.2) | 30 (25.9) | 13 (21.0) | |
| 70 to 79 | 23 (12.9) | 7 (6.1) | 16 (25.8) | |
| >80 | 19 (10.7) | 5 (4.3) | 14 (22.6) | |
| Marital status | 0.63 | |||
| Single | 32 (18.0) | 22 (19.0) | 10 (16.1) | |
| Married | 107 (60.1) | 74 (63.8) | 33 (53.2) | |
| Separated | 21 (11.8) | 15 (12.9) | 6 (9.6) | |
| Widowed | 18 (10.1) | 5 (4.3) | 13 (20.9) | |
| Employment status prior to stroke | 0.018 | |||
| Employed/Business | 48 (27.0) | 36 (31.0) | 12 (19.4) | |
| Unemployed | 89 (50.0) | 69 (59.5) | 20 (32.3) | |
| Retired | 41 (23.0) | 11 (9.5) | 30 (48.4) | |
| GSC on hospital arrival | n = 178(%) | n = 116 (%) | n = 62 (%) | |
| Poor GCS (≤8) | 24 (13.5) | 7 (6.0) | 17 (27.4) | 0.0011 |
| Moderate GCS (9–12) | 37 (21.9) | 11 (9.5) | 26 (41.9) | 0.615 |
| Good GCS (13–15) | 117 (64.6) | 98 (84.5) | 19 (30.7) | 0.250 |
| Diagnosis of stroke | n =178 (100%) | n = 116 (100%) | N= 62 (100%) | 0.828 |
| Imaging | 114 (64.0) | 89 (76.7) | 25 (40.3) | |
| Clinically diagnosis (no scan) | 64 (36.0) | 27 (23.3) | 37 (59.7) | |
| Stroke Classification - Imaging | n = 114 (100%) | n = 89 (100%) | N= 25 (100%) | 0.02 |
| Infarction | 87 (76.3) | 83 (93.3) | 4 (16.0) | |
| Hemorrhage | 27 (23.7) | 6 (6.74) | 21 (84.0) | |
| Stroke Type | ||||
| Infarction | 87 (48.8) | 83 (71.6) | 4 (6.5) | – |
| hemorrhage | 27 (15.2) | 6 (5.2) | 21 (33.9) | |
| Unknown (CT Scan not done) | 64 (36.0) | 27 (23.2) | 37 (59.7) | |
| Vascular risk factors | n =178 (100%) | n = 116 (100%) | N= 62 (100%) | - |
| Hypertension | 150 (84.3) | 103 (88.8) | 47 (75.8) | |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 37 (20.7) | 9 (7.8) | 28 (45.2) | |
| Dyslipidaemia | 32 (17.9) | 26 (22.4) | 38 (61.3) | |
| Alcohol use | 64 (35.9) | 26 (22.4) | 38 (61.3) | |
| Tobacco smoking | 56 (31.4) | 38 (40.0) | 16 (19.3) | |
| Atrial Fibrillation | 10 (34.5) | 7 (11.3) | 3 (3.6) | |
| Previous stroke | 36 (20.2) | 8 (6.9) | 28 (45.2) | |
| Complications | – | |||
| Chest infection/Aspiration | 46 (18.0) | 17 (14.7) | 29 (46.7) | |
| Bedsores | 13 (7.3) | 8 (6.9) | 5 (8.1) | |
| Seizures | 22 (12.4) | 13 (11.2) | 9 (14.5) | |
| Urinary tract infection | 37 (20.8) | 21 (18.1) | 16 (25.8) |