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. 2023 Jan 12;13:1041263. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2022.1041263

Table 1.

Basic clinical factors and their relation to HSP at initial assessment and follow-ups.

Initial assessment Follow up I Follow up II
Total (n = 239) Shoulder pain (n = 133) No shoulder pain (n = 106) P- value Total (n = 239) Shoulder pain (n = 142) No shoulder pain (n = 97) P- value Total (n = 236) Shoulder pain (n = 136) No shoulder pain (n = 100) P- value
Age, (y) (x ± SD) 70 ± 9 (50, 94) 71 ± 9 (52,94) 70 ± 9 (50,91) 0.564 70 ± 9 (50,94) 71 ± 9 (52,94) 70 ± 9 (50,91) 0.418 70 ± 9 (50,94) 71 ± 9 (52,94) 70 ± 9 (50,91) 0.495
Male, n (%) 148 (62%) 75 (56%) 73 (69%) 148 (62%) 80 (56%) 68 (70%) 146 (62%) 75 (55%) 71 (71%)
Female, n (%) 91 (38%) 58 (44%) 33 (31%) 0.048* 91 (38%) 62 (44%) 29 (30%) 0.031* 90 (38%) 61 (45%) 29 (29%) 0.013*
Past medical history
Hypertention, n (%) 201 (84%) 111 (84%) 90 (85%) 0.761 201 (84%) 118 (83%) 83 (86%) 0.608 199 (84%) 114 (84%) 85 (85%) 0.806
Atrial fibrillation, n (%) 31 (13%) 22 (17%) 9 (9%) 0.066 31 (13%) 23 (16%) 8 (8%) 0.072 30 (13%) 21 (15%) 9 (9%) 0.142
Main type stroke
Infarction, n (%) 197 (82%) 106 (80%) 91 (86%) 0.241 197 (82%) 115 (81%) 82 (85%) 0.409 195 (83%) 110 (81%) 85 (85%) 0.388
Cerebral hemorrhage, n (%) 39 (16%) 26 (20%) 13 (12%) 39 (16%) 26 (18%) 13 (13%) 38 (16%) 25 (18%) 13 (13%)
Subarachnoid hemorrhage, n (%) 3 (1%) 1 (1%) 2 (2%) 3 (1%) 1 (1%) 2 (2%) 3 (1%) 1 (1%) 2 (2%)
Hemiplegic side
Left, n (%) 115 (48%) 66 (50%) 49 (46%) 0.601 115 (48%) 68 (48%) 47 (49%) 0.931 113 (48%) 64 (47%) 49 (49%) 0.768
Right, n (%) 121 (51%) 65 (49%) 56 (53%) 0.543 121 (51%) 72 (51%) 49 (51%) 0.977 120 (51%) 70 (52%) 50 (50%) 0.823
Both, n (%) 3 (1%) 2 (2%) 1 (1%) 1.000 3 (1%) 2 (1%) 1 (1%) 1.000 3 (1%) 2 (2%) 1 (1%) 1.000
Stroke location
Massive, n (%) 27 (11%) 25 (19%) 2 (2%) <0.001** 27 (11%) 26 (18%) 1 (1%) <0.001** 27 (11%) 26 (19%) 1 (1%) <0.001**
Cortical, n (%) 38 (16%) 21 (16%) 17 (16%) 0.958 38 (16%) 23 (16%) 15 (16%) 0.879 38 (16%) 22 (16%) 16 (16%) 0.971
Brain stem, n (%) 34 (14%) 18 (14%) 16 (15%) 0.732 34 (14%) 17 (12%) 17 (18%) 0.227 33 (14%) 16 (12%) 17 (17%) 0.252
Pontine, n (%) 20 (8%) 13 (10%) 7 (7%) 0.379 20 (8%) 13 (9%) 7 (7%) 0.595 19 (8%) 12 (9%) 7 (7%) 0.611
Basal gangregion, n (%) 35 (15%) 20 (15%) 15 (14%) 0.847 35 (15%) 21 (15%) 14 (14%) 0.939 34 (14%) 20 (15%) 14 (14%) 0.879
Thalamic, n (%) 9 (4%) 8 (6%) 1 (1%) 0.088 9 (4%) 8 (6%) 1 (1%) 0.136 9 (4%) 8 (6%) 1 (1%) 0.112
Undefined, n (%) 8 (3%) 4 (3%) 4 (4%)

% indicates proportion of the total group in each column.

**P < 0.01, significant differences between the groups with and without shoulder pain; *P < 0.05, significant differences between the groups with and without shoulder pain.