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Table 1 Basic demographical data of study population and excluded patients

From: Heart rate monitoring on the stroke unit. What does heart beat tell about prognosis? An observational study

 

Study population (n = 256)

Excluded stroke patinets (n = 40)

p

Male

135 (53)

25 (63)

n.s.

Age [years]

70 (61-76,5)

67 (55,25-73,25)

n.s.

time to admission [h]

2,3 (1,1-6,0)

3,00 (2,3-11,0)

0,01

NIHSS

5 (2-9)

1 (1-3,25)

0.0001

Lesion size

2 (2-3)

2 (1-3)

0.05

Infarction site: Right

73 (29)

11 (28)

n.s.

left

98 (38)

10 (25)

 

posterior

47 (18)

11 (28)

 

multiple

4 (10)

1 (3)

 

none

28 (11)

7 (18)

 

aHT

193 (75)

27 (68)

n.s.

COPD

16 (6)

3 (8)

n.s.

DM

60 (23)

7 (18)

n.s.

CHOL

53 (21)

8 (20)

n.s.

STROKE

54 (21)

12 (30)

n.s.

MI

15 (6)

4 (10)

n.s.

CHF

24 (9)

4 (10)

n.s.

CAD

43 (17)

11 (28)

n.s.

AF

62 (24)

6 (15)

n.s.

1. BP syst [mmHg]

160 (140-180)

156 (146-170)

n.s.

1. BP diast [mmHg]

88 (78,75-99)

89,5 (81,5-92,75)

n.s.

SaO2 [%]

97 (95-98)

98,5 (97-100)

n.s.

GCS

15 (15-15)

15 (14-15)

n.s.

HR [bpm]

80 (68-90)

72,5 (64-83,5)

0.04

thrombolysis

52 (20)

4 (10)

n.s.

  1. aHT - arterial hypertension, COPD - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CHF - chronic heart failure, CHD - coronary heart disease, AF - atrial fibrillation, BP - blood pressure, HR - heart rate, GCS - Glasgow Coma Scale. Ordinal and continuous variables are median (IQR), dichotomous variables are n(%).