Risk factors, quality of care and prognosis in South Asian, East Asian and White patients with stroke

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Table 1 Baseline characteristics according to ethnicity for patients with ICH, %

Characteristic	East Asian N=152	South Asian N=43	White N=1214	p value
Age, mean (SD) y	62 .0 (17.6)	54.1 (15.1)	64.2 (15.8)	<0.001
Female	49.8	41.9	53.5	0.09
Married	60.5	73.0	59.3	<0.001
Living alone	6.9	<5%	16.1	<0.001
Median income quintile
Q1 (low income)	27.7	33.8	20.8	<0.001
Q2	31.3	21.6	20.5
Q3	23.2	18.9	19.3
Q4	18.0	13.5	18.2
Q5 (high income)	11.2	8.1	20.4
Previously independent	51.5	56.8	47.1	0.02
Smoker (current)	6.9	<5	14.4	0.001
Alcohol (>2 drinks/day)	<5	<5	3.9	0.008
Diabetes mellitus	14.6	14.9	10.0	0.04
Hypertension	37.8	32.4	35.2	0.62
Hyperlipidemia	10.3	20.3	14.3	0.08
Family history of stroke	4.7	<5	2.7	0.2
Previous stroke or TIA	11.2	<5	11.2	0.33
Charlson score (>2)	16.9	13.6	24.4	<0.001
Systolic blood pressure mean, (SD), mmHg	168.3 (37.7)	170.5 (43)	172.2 (36)	0.6
Diastolic blood pressure mean, (SD), mmHg	92.7 (20.9)	91.8 (23.5)	90.1 (21.6)	0.2
LOC on arrival
Alert	44.7	58.1	55.2	0.09
Drowsy	29.6	27.9	25.5
Unconscious	23.7	14.0	18.8
CNS score (median)	5.0	8.0	6.5	0.005
CNS score >8	33.5	48.0	41.6	0.08

Abbreviations: TIA transient ischemic attack, LOC level of consciousness, CNS Canadian Neurologic Scale.

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