Table 1.

Stroke presentation, risk factors, and care comparisons between French Guiana and Dijon.

	Dijon		French Guiana		P
	N (418)	%	N (234)	%
Stroke classification
TOAST classification					<0.0001
Incomplete	23	5.5	57	24.4
Large arteries	99	23.7	38	16.2
Cardioembolic	157	37.6	28	12.0
Other cause	139	33.2	111	47.4
NIHSS score at admission					0.0013
0–3	115	27.5	75	33.8
4–9	123	29.4	84	37.8
≥10	180	43.1	63	28.4
Clinical characteristics
BMI					<0.0001
<20	22	5.3	11	4.7
[20–25]	122	29.2	60	25.6
[25–30]	166	39.7	68	29.1
≥30	94	22.5	41	17.5
Missing	14	3.3	54	23.1
Known hypertension before the stroke	251	60.1	164	70.4	0.008
Diabetes	77	18.4	67	28.8	0.002
Known hypercholesterolemia	131	31.3	42	18.2	0.0003
Heart failure	36	8.6	12	5.2	0.109
Atrial fibrillation	134	32.1	17	7.4	<0.0001
Previous TIA	24	5.8	33	14.1	0.0003
History of MI	28	6.7	5	2.1	0.011
Alcohol consumption	269	64.5	132	57.6	0.085
Current smoking	82	19.6	53	22.8	0.345
Therapeutic characteristics
Anti-platelet agents	115	27.5	34	14.5	0.0002
Anticoagulants	42	10.0	10	4.3	0.010
Anti-hypertensives	247	59.2	120	51.7	0.064
IV fibrinolysis	166	39.7	32	13.7	<0.0001
IV fibrinolysis among 410 patients who arrived within 4.5 h of stroke	127	45.0	31	24.2	<0.0001