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Table 1 Baseline and clinical characteristics

From: Early ficolin-1 is a sensitive prognostic marker for functional outcome in ischemic stroke

 

Controls (n = 61)

Patients

 

6 h (n = 80)

48 h (n = 85)

Demographic characteristics

 Age ≥ 50 years, n (%)

52 (85)

75 (94)

73 (86)

 Gender, (M/F)

26/35

33/47

49/36

 Race caucasian, n (%)

61 (100)

80 (100)

82 (96)

Risk factors, n (%)

 Hypertension

15 (24)

60 (75)***, #

60 (70)**

 Diabetes

3 (5)

11 (14)

29 (34)***, ##

 Dyslipidemia

12 (20)

43 (54)***

39 (46)

 Cardiovascular diseases

2 (3)

24 (30)***

19 (22)

 Atrial fibrillation

2 (3)

30 (37)***

15 (18)*

 Smoking history

22 (37)

21 (26)

44 (57)

 Recent Infections

2 (3)

1 (1)

 CRP ≥ 3 mg/l

5 (6)

16 (19)

Clinical characteristics

 TOAST classification, n (%)

   

  Cardioembolism

 

24 (30)

23 (27)

  Atherosclerosis

 

21 (26)

33 (39)

  Small vessel occlusion

 

11 (14)

6 (7)

  Undetermined etiology

 

24 (30)

22 (25)

  Other determined etiology

 

2 (2)

 NIHSS, median (IQR)

 

5 (2–11)

5 (2–11)

  Severe (>14), n (%)

 

12 (16)

14 (17)

 3-month mRS, median (IQR)

 

2 (1–4)

1 (0–3)

  mRS (>2), n (%)

 

33 (41)

36 (42)

  Mortality

 

10 (12)

2 (3)

  1. Categorical variables are presented as number of patients with/without percentages in parentheses; continuous variables as median with interquartile range (IQR). Age was dichotomized using 50 years as cut-off (based on the minimum quartile in control group)
  2. TOAST Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment, NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, 3-month mRS 3-month modified Rankin Scale, CRP C-reactive protein
  3. *<0.05, **<0.01, ***<0.001, vs control group by univariate and #<0.05, ##<0.01 by multivariate logistic regression analysis