Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of ischemic stroke participants (n=292).

		All		Men		Women
Categorical variables	Missing	Count	Proportion	Count	Proportion	Count	Proportion
Hypertension	7	247	0.85	137	0.55	110	0.45
Diabetes	7	163	0.56	83	0.51	80	0.49
Atrial fibrillation	7	31	0.11	13	0.42	18	0.58
High cholesterol	8	136	0.47	78	0.57	58	0.43
Coronary disease	9	87	0.3	55	0.63	32	0.37
Congestive heart failure	7	29	0.1	12	0.41	17	0.59
Current smoking	8	118	0.4	79	0.67	39	0.33
History of stroke/TIA	7	113	0.39	59	0.52	54	0.48
Alcohol abuse	8	9	0.03	7	0.78	2	0.22
Berlin questionnaire in reference to pre-stroke state (high risk)	13	132	0.45	66	0.50	66	0.50
REI>=5	54	216	0.74	118	0.55	98	0.45
		All		Men		Women
Continuous variables	Missing	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Age (years)	0	65.62	11.74	63.70	10.32	67.98	12.93
Body mass index (kg/m²)	1	29.69	6.49	29.40	5.11	30.05	7.88
In chair, daytime (7 am – 9 pm), hrs	1	5.63	3.71	5.70	3.81	5.53	3.60
Sequential compression devices, daytime (7 am – 9 pm), hrs	0	1.52 (78.4% no use)	3.74	1.56 (79.5% no use)	3.80	1.48 (77.1% no use)	3.68
Sequential compression devices, overnight (9pm – 6 am), hrs	3	1.16 (85.5% no use)	2.99	1.23 (84.4% no use)	3.04	1.07 (86.8% no use)	2.93
NIH stroke scale score	9	4.64	4.90	4.16	4.37	5.22	5.42
Waist circumference, cm	2	181.70	242.46	174.85	233.37	190.13	253.85
Calf circumference, cm (nighttime)	7	34.86	4.38	35.47	4.10	34.13	4.60
Leg fluid volume, ml (nighttime)	108	2062.45	524.43	2260.89	519.49	1767.48	372.76
Neck circumference, cm (nighttime)	7	41.35	5.19	43.78	4.54	38.38	4.34
Respiratory Event Index (REI, number per hour of recording)	54	23.82	17.67	26.34	18.45	20.84	16.27
Central apnea index (CAI)	54	2.34	4.60	2.74	4.61	1.86	4.56