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Table 1 The association between the occurrence of swirl sign and different variables included in the analysis of this study

From: Swirl sign in intracerebral haemorrhage: definition, prevalence, reliability and prognostic value

  

Swirl sign

 

OR (95% CI)

p-value

  

Negative

Positive

Total

Gender

Male

64 (70)

27 (30)

91

  
 

Female

78 (70)

34 (30)

112

1 (0.5-2)

0.520

Diabetes mellitus

Yes

17 (74)

6 (26)

23

  
 

No

125 (69)

55 (31)

180

1.3 (0.4-3.8)

0.431

Former stroke (1)

Yes

30 (77)

9 (23)

39

  
 

No

111 (68)

52 (32)

163

1.6 (0.7-3.8)

0.189

Smoking (5)

Yes

16 (70)

7 (30)

23

  
 

No

123 (70)

52 (30)

175

1 (0.4-2.8)

0.558

Hypertension treatment on admission (1)

Yes

98 (77)

30 (23)

128

  
 

No

43 (58)

31 (42)

74

2.4 (1.2-4.6)

0.005

Acetyl salicylic acid treatment (11)

Yes

22 (59)

15 (41)

37

  
 

No

112 (72)

43 (28)

155

0.6 (0.3-1.3)

0.306

Warfarin treatment (9)

Yes

12 (67)

6 (33)

18

  
 

No

123 (70)

53 (30)

176

0.9 (0.3-2.7)

0.483

Platelet activator inhibitor treatment (11)

Yes

25 (61)

16 (39)

41

  
 

No

109 (72)

42 (28)

151

0.6 (0.3-1.3)

0.117

Time to hospital (6)

< 2 h

56 (64)

32 (36)

88

  
 

2-24 h

54 (69)

24 (31)

78

  
 

> 24 h

27 (87)

4 (13)

31

0.3 (0.1-0.9)

0.051

RLS (5)

1

80 (81)

19 (19)

99

  
 

2 – 3

41 (64)

23 (36)

64

  
 

≥ 4

16 (46)

19 (54)

35

5 (2–12,6)

<0.001

Side

Left

68 (67)

34 (33)

102

  
 

Right

74 (73)

27 (27)

101

0.7 (0.4-1.4)

0.192

Location

Lobar

55 (67)

27 (33)

82

  
 

Deep

66 (73)

25 (27)

91

  
 

Brain stem

9 (82)

2 /18)

11

  
 

Cerebellum

11 (65)

6 (35)

17

  
 

Multiple

1(50)

1 (50)

2

0.8 (0.4-1.6)

0.745

Midline shift

Yes

23 (43)

30 (57)

53

  
 

No

119 (79)

31 (21)

150

0.2 (0.1-0.4)

<0.001

Intraventricular hemorrhage

Yes

35 (51)

33 (49)

68

  
 

No

107 (79)

28 (21)

135

0.3 (0.1-0.6)

<0.001

White matter lesions, Wahlund score

0

34 (65)

18 (35)

52

  
 

1

44 (75)

19 (25)

63

  
 

2

25 (71)

10 (29)

35

  
 

3

39 (74)

14 (26)

53

0.7 (0.3-1.7)

0.118

  1. Figures between parentheses in the first column show the number of the missing data in each of the studied variables.
  2. Figures between parentheses under swirl sign (column 3 and 4) show percentage.
  3. p-values written in bold are statistically significant.
  4. RLS reaction level scale, OR Odds ratio. 95%, CI 95% confidence interval.