From: Levels of acute phase proteins remain stable after ischemic stroke
Number of participants | 21 |
Age, mean ± SD, y | 65.6 ± 11.6 |
Male, N (%) | 13 (61.9) |
Race-ethnicity, N (%) | |
Non-Hispanic White, | 4 (19.1) |
Non-Hispanic Black | 2 (9.5) |
Hispanic | 15 (71.4) |
Risk factors, N (%) | |
History of coronary artery disease | 8 (38.1) |
Current smoking | 4 (19.1) |
Diabetes mellitus | 3 (14.3) |
Hypertension | 14 (66.7) |
Hypercholesterolemia | 7 (33.3) |
NIH Stroke Scale score, N (%) | |
0–5 | 15 (71.4) |
6–13 | 5 (23.8) |
≥14 | 1 (4.8) |
Stroke etiologic subtype, N (%) | |
Atherosclerotic | 2 (9.5) |
Lacunar | 7 (33.3) |
Embolic | 1 (4.8) |
Cryptogenic | 11 (52.4) |