Table 1.
Patient characteristics.
| No. of patients | 2,531 | % |
| Males | 1,346 | 53.2 |
| Females | 1,185 | 46.8 |
| Mean age | 72.9 (18.4–99.8) | |
| <50 years | 1.5 | |
| 50–59 years | 9.6 | |
| 60–69 years | 24.5 | |
| 70–79 years | 24.2 | |
| 80–89 years | 32.2 | |
| 90–99 years | 8.0 | |
| Stroke type | ||
| Transient ischemic attack | 25.1 | |
| Intracerebral hemorrhage | 14.6 | |
| Ischemic stroke | 37.7 | |
| Aneurysm | 0.9 | |
| Not specified | 21.8 | |
| Comorbidities | ||
| Hypertension | 52.5 | |
| Atrial fibrillation | 15.4 | |
| Hyperlipidaemia | 6.7 | |
| Smoking | 13.8 | |
| Ischemic heart disease | 8.4 | |
| Imaging | ||
| CT brain | 100 | |
| X ray chest | 91.8 | |
| US carotid doppler | 43.8 | |
| MRI brain | 36.8 | |
| Length of stay | 1–5 days | 99.1 |
| >5 days | 0.9 |