Table 3.
Patient and call characteristic comparison by gender of subjects with and without TIA/stroke.
| Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroke/TIA | No stroke/TIA | p | Stroke/TIA | No stroke/TIA | p | |
| n = 294 | n = 252 | n = 366 | n = 354 | |||
| Diagnosed by | ||||||
| GP/OHS PCS | 36 (12%) | 81 (32%) | < 0.001 | 68 (19%) | 119 (62%) | < 0.001 |
| Neurology/ED | 255 (87%) | 144 (57%) | < 0.001 | 296 (81%) | 209 (59%) | < 0.001 |
| Other/unknown | 3 (1%) | 27 (11%) | < 0.001 | 4 (1%) | 26 (7%) | < 0.001 |
| Patient characteristics | ||||||
| Age patient, years | 72.3 ± 13.6 | 61.3 ± 18.9 | < 0.001 | 78.0 ± 13.8 | 61.0 ± 20.7 | < 0.001 |
| Medical history | ||||||
| TIA or stroke | 107 (36%) | 125 (50%) | < 0.001 | 111 (30%) | 72 (20%) | 0.002 |
| Cardiovascular | 187 (64%) | 127 (50%) | 0.002 | 212 (58%) | 151 (43%) | < 0.001 |
| Antithrombotic use | 131 (45%) | 82 (33%) | 0.004 | 153 (42%) | 72 (20%) | < 0.001 |
| Symptoms mentioned | ||||||
| Face dropping | 78 (27%) | 75 (30%) | 0.40 | 96 (26%) | 102 (29%) | 0.44 |
| Arm weakness | 91 (31%) | 43 (17%) | < 0.001 | 137 (37%) | 58 (16%) | < 0.001 |
| Speaking problems | 174 (59%) | 84 (33%) | < 0.001 | 218 (60%) | 122 (34%) | < 0.001 |
| Positive FAST test | 228 (78%) | 158 (63%) | < 0.001 | 300 (82%) | 219 (62%) | < 0.001 |
| Leg weakness | 86 (29%) | 50 (20%) | 0.01 | 96 (26%) | 52 (15%) | < 0.001 |
| Atypical/non-focal | 92 (31%) | 112 (44%) | 0.02 | 149 (41%) | 176 (50%) | 0.02 |
| ANS symptoms | 42 (14%) | 59 (23%) | 0.01 | 68 (19%) | 121 (34%) | < 0.001 |
| Headache | 47 (16%) | 61 (24%) | 0.02 | 65 (18%) | 113 (32%) | < 0.001 |
| Call characteristics | ||||||
| Gender caller, man | 85 (29%) | 111 (44%) | < 0.001 | 101 (28%) | 112 (32%) | 0.24 |
| Patients calls | 53 (18%) | 84 (33%) | < 0.001 | 52 (14%) | 117 (33%) | < 0.001 |
| Partner calls | 120 (41%) | 90 (36%) | 0.22 | 51 (14%) | 83 (23%) | 0.001 |
| Family/neighbor calls | 65 (22%) | 56 (22%) | 0.23 | 137 (37%) | 91 (26%) | 0.55 |
| Professional/other calls | 56 (19%) | 22 (9%) | 0.001 | 126 (34%) | 63 (18%) | < 0.001 |
| Duration call | 07:10 ± 3:11 | 08:20 ± 3:53 | 0.001 | 07:41 ± 3:50 | 07:56 ± 3:54 | 0.41 |
| GP was actively consulted | 26 (9%) | 36 (14%) | 0.046* | 47 (13%) | 56 (16%) | 0.25 |
| Caller mentioned concern | 135 (46%) | 120 (48%) | 0.69 | 157 (43%) | 168 (47%) | 0.22 |
| Timing | ||||||
| Still symptoms | 258 (88%) | 231 (92%) | 0.14 | 336 (92%) | 326 (92%) | 0.89 |
| <4.5 h | 124 (42%) | 83 (33%) | 170 (46%) | 132 (37%) | ||
| ≥4.5 h | 90 (31%) | 99 (39%) | 83 (23%) | 109 (31%) | ||
| Duration unknown | 44 (15%) | 49 (19%) | 83 (23%) | 85 (24%) | ||
| No longer symptoms | 31 (11%) | 18 (7%) | 0.17 | 25 (7%) | 26 (7%) | 0.79 |
| Unknown | 5 (2%) | 3 (1%) | 0.62 | 5 (1%) | 2 (1%) | 0.27 |
| Duration symptoms | ||||||
| Overall <4.5h | 144 (49%) | 96 (38%) | 0.01 | 192 (53%) | 149 (42%) | 0.01 |
| Overall>4.5h | 100 (34%) | 104 (41%) | 0.08 | 86 (24%) | 112 (32%) | 0.01 |
| Unknown | 50 (17%) | 52 (21%) | 0.28 | 88 (24%) | 93 (26%) | < 0.001 |
Data are presented as n (%) or means ± SD.
Gender differences between TIA/stroke and no TIA/stroke were calculated with χ2 or T-test.
*
Statistical significance lost after correction for false discovery rate.