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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of ischemic stroke (IS) patients and vascular risk factor controls (VRFC)

From: Early peripheral blood gene expression associated with good and poor 90-day ischemic stroke outcomes

 

IS patients (n = 36)

Good IS (n = 26)

Poor IS (n = 10)

VRFC (n = 18)

P value IS vs. VRFC

P value poor vs. good

P value good vs. VRFC

P value poor vs. VRFC

Age (years; mean ± SD)

64.3 ± 13

61.9 ± 13.3

70.5 ± 13.9

58.1 ± 5.6

0.06

0.07

0.27

0.0002

Women, n (%)

16 (44.5)

14

4

12 (66.7)

0.15

1

0.22

0.24

Race (%)

    

0.70

1

1

0.6

White

83.3

84.6

80

88.9

    

Black

16.7

15.4

20

11.1

    

Hypertension no. (%)

23 (63.9)

17 (65.4)

6 (60)

12(66.7)

1

1

1

1

Diabetes no. (%)

5 (13.9)

4 (15.4)

1(10)

6 (33.3)

0.15

1

0.27

0.36

Hypercholesterolemia no. (%)

7 (19.5)

6 (23.1)

1 (10)

8 (44.5)

0.1

0.65

0.19

0.09

NIHSS 3-h, median, (Q1, Q3)

10.5(6, 15.5)

10.5 (6, 15)

9.5 (7, 17)

–

    

NIHSS 5-h, median, (Q1, Q3)

7.5 (5, 12)

6.5 (4, 10)

10 (7, 13)

–

    

NIHSS 24-h, median, (Q1, Q3)

6 (3, 10)

4 (8, 2)

9 (6, 17)

–

    

NIHSS 5-day, median, (Q1, Q3)

4 (1, 7.5)

2 (1, 4)

8.5 (6, 16)

–

    

NIHSS 90-day, median, (Q1, Q3)

2 (0, 4)

1(0, 2)

7.5 (3, 9)

–

    
  1. P values represent the comparison between groups using a two-tailed t-test
  2. NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, Q quartile