Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of Intervention and Control Groups
| Tot (n=131) | P Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention (n=86) | Control (n=45) | ||
| Sociodemographics | |||
| Age, y, mean (SD) | 59 (11) | 58 (12) | 0.55 |
| Women, n (%) | 26 (30) | 24 (53) | 0.01 |
| Race, n (%) | |||
| White | 51 (59) | 20 (44) | 0.17 |
| Black | 30 (35) | 20 (44) | |
| Other | 5 (6) | 5 (10) | |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | |||
| Hispanic | 47 (55) | 21 (47) | 0.38 |
| Non‐Hispanic | 38 (44) | 23 (51) | |
| Unknown | 1 (1) | 1 (2) | |
| Years of education, mean (SD) | 13 (4) | 13 (3) | 0.62 |
| Clinical risk factors | |||
| Hypertension, n (%) | 72 (84) | 36 (80) | 0.37 |
| Dyslipidemia, n (%) | 60 (70) | 30 (67) | 0.92 |
| Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 23 (27) | 20 (44) | 0.04 |
| Atrial fibrillation, n (%) | 4 (5) | 3 (7) | 0.53 |
| BMI, mean (SD) | 29 (4) | 31 (5) | 0.01 |
| CAD, n (%) | 6 (7) | 4 (9) | 0.68 |
| Stroke characteristics | |||
| Days from stroke to enrollment (median) | 154 | 148 | 0.60 |
| Ischemic, n (%) | 70 (81) | 38 (84) | 0.47 |
| Ischemic stroke subtype | |||
| Cardioembolism, n (%) | 9 (13) | 6 (16) | 0.11 |
| Large vessel disease, n (%) | 30 (43) | 9 (24) | |
| Small vessel disease, n (%) | 22 (31) | 20 (53) | |
| Other cause, n (%) | 9 (13) | 3 (8) | |
| NIHSS, median (Q1, Q3) | 3 (1;4) | 2 (1;4) | 0.92 |
| mRS, median (Q1, Q3) | 2 (2;3) | 2 (2;3) | 0.71 |
BMI indicates body mass index; CAD, coronary artery disease; NIHSS, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; and mRS, modified ranking scale.