Table 1.
Baseline information
| Variable | n = 251 |
|---|---|
| Age, y, median (IQR) | 73 (67, 77) |
| Male sex, n (%) | 138 (55) |
| Smoking, n (%) | 62 (24.7) |
| Hypertension, n (%) | 196 (78.1) |
| Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 52 (20.7) |
| Hyperlipidemia, n (%) | 43 (17.1) |
| Congestive heart failure, n (%) | 52 (20.7) |
| Baseline SBP (mm Hg, ‾x ± s) | 146.5 ± 19.8 |
| Baseline DBP (mm Hg, ‾x ± s) | 86.1 ± 13.2 |
| Baseline NIHSS score, median (IQR) | 7 (3, 14) |
| Moderate-severe WMLs, n (%) | 63 (25.1) |
| sICH, n (%) | 27 (10.8) |
| nsICH, n (%) | 46 (18.3) |
| SAP, n (%) | 79 (31.5) |
| Anticoagulant therapy, n (%) | 142 (56.6) |
| Stroke recurrence | 8 (3.2) |
| Laboratory findings, mmol/l | |
| Total cholesterol (‾x ± s) | 4.1 ± 0.8 |
| Triglyceride (‾x ± s) | 1.2 ± 0.8 |
| LDL-C (‾x ± s) | 2.2 ± 0.7 |
| Fasting glucose (‾x ± s) | 6.3 ± 2.2 |
Abbreviations: IQR interquartile range; SBP systolic blood pressure; DBP diastolic blood pressure; NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; WMLs white matter lesions; sICH symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage; nsICH non-symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage; SAP stroke-associated pneumonia; LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol