Table 1.
Description of the 66 obese stroke patients analyzed in the present work. BMI: body mass index; TOAST: Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment; NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; mRS: modified Rankin Scale.
| Variable | |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | 67.6 ± 14.6 |
| Female gender (%) | 45.5 |
| Arterial hypertension (%) | 47.0 |
| Diabetes (%) | 28.0 |
| Dyslipemia (%) | 37.9 |
| Smoking (%) | 22.7 |
| Alcohol consumption (%) | 15.2 |
| Atrial fibrillation (%) | 33.3 |
| Weight: -Normal (BMI < 25 kg/m2) (%) |
19.7 |
| -Overweight (BMI 25–30 kg/m2) (%) | 30.3 |
| -Obesity grade I (BMI 30–35 kg/m2) (%) | 31.8 |
| -Obesity grade II (BMI 35–40 kg/m2) (%) | 18.2 |
| Axillary temperature on admission (°C) | 35.7 ± 0.6 |
| Maximum temperature in the first 24 h (°C) | 36.9 ± 0.6 |
| Maximum temperature in the first 24 h (°C) categorized (%): | |
| -<36.5 °C | 31.8 |
| -36.5–37.5 °C | 48.5 |
| ->37.5 °C | 19.7 |
| TOAST (%): | |
| -Atherothrombotic | 10.6 |
| -Cardioembolic | 37.9 |
| -Lacunar | 6.1 |
| -Indeterminate | 45.4 |
| Reperfusion treatment (%) | 42.0 |
| NIHSS on admission | 9 [3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15] |
| mRS at 3 months | 2 [1,2,3,4] |
| Outcome at 3 months (%): | |
| -Good | 51.6 |
| -Poor | 48.4 |