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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with delirium and patients without delirium

From: Reduced ex vivo release of pro-inflammatory cytokines and elevated plasma interleukin-6 are inflammatory signatures of post-stroke delirium

 

Patients with delirium (N = 31)

Patients without delirium (N = 113)

P value

Age, median (IQs)

71 (64–80)

68 (63–79)

0.57

Male, n (%)

18 (58.1)

65 (57.5)

0.96

Hypertension, n (%)

24 (77.4)

82 (72.6)

0.59

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

8 (25.8)

30 (26.5)

0.93

Atrial fibrillation, n (%)

13 (41.9)

32 (28.3)

0.15

Myocardial infarction, n (%)

5 (16.1)

14 (12.4)

0.58

Previous stroke, n (%)

3 (9.7)

14 (12.4)

0.68

IQCODE > 3.3, n (%)a

3/24 (12.5)

9/85 (10.6)

0.79

NIHSS score on admission, median (IQs)

17 (15–20)

7 (5–15)

< 0.01

Pneumonia, n (%)

9 (29.0)

3 (2.6)

< 0.01

Urinary tract infection, n (%)b

13/30 (43.3)

20/99 (20.2)

0.01

White blood cells count, × 103/μL, median (IQs)

11.7 (9.3–12.9)

8.3 (6.6–9.6)

< 0.01

Monocyte count, × 103/μL, median (IQs)

1.1 (0.9–1.2)

0.8 (0.6–1.0)

< 0.01

Intravenous thrombolysis, n (%)

20 (64.5)

64 (56.6)

0.43

Mechanical thrombectomy, n (%)

7 (22.6)

24 (21.2)

0.87

  1. IQs interquartiles, IQCODE the Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly
  2. aData available for 109 patients
  3. bData available for 129 patients