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Table 1 Univariate analysis of patients with or without stroke recurrence at 3 months after minor stroke

From: Factors for short-term outcomes in patients with a minor stroke: results from China National Stroke Registry

Variables

Overall

Recurrence

No recurrence

P value

Sample size, n (%)

4669

459 (9.8)

4210 (90.2)

 

Age, median (IQR), year

65 (55–74)

67 (57–76)

65 (55–73)

<0.001

Female, n (%)

1656 (35.5)

159 (34.6)

1497 (35.6)

0.70

Vascular risk factors

    

 Hypertension, n (%)

3438 (73.6)

365 (79.5)

3073 (73.0)

0.003

 Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

1274 (27.3)

148 (32.2)

1126 (26.8)

0.01

 Dyslipidemia, n (%)

550 (11.8)

68 (14.8)

482 (11.4)

0.03

 Atrial fibrillation, n (%)

270 (5.8)

53 (11.6)

217 (5.2)

<0.001

 Treated atrial fibrillation, n (%)

29 (10.7)

4 (7.5)

25 (11.5)

0.55

 Coronary heart disease, n (%)

600 (12.8)

90 (19.6)

510 (12.1)

<0.001

 Previous stroke, n (%)

1451 (31.1)

196 (42.7)

1255 (29.8)

<0.001

 Current or previous smoking, n (%)

1872 (40.1)

178 (38.8)

1694 (40.2)

0.54

 Moderate or heavy alcohol, n (%)

470 (10.1)

47 (10.2)

423 (10.0)

0.90

 BMI at admission, median (IQR), kg/m2

24.22 (22.3–26.3)

24.22 (22.4–26.6)

24.22 (22.3–26.3)

0.41

NIHSS score, median (IQR)

    

 At admission

2 (1–3)

1 (0–2)

2 (1–3)

0.001

 At 24 h

2 (1–3)

2 (1–3)

2 (1–3)

0.74

Time from onset to admission <24 h, n (%)

2472 (52.9)

263 (57.3)

2209 (52.5)

0.049

Neurological deterioration, n (%)

166 (3.6)

31 (6.8)

135 (3.2)

<0.001

TOAST subtype, n (%)

   

<0.001

 Large-artery atherosclerosis

1951 (41.8)

208 (45.3)

1743 (41.4)

 

 Small-artery occlusion

1066 (22.8)

84 (18.3)

982 (23.3)

 

 Cardioembolism

131 (2.8)

28 (6.1)

103 (2.4)

 

 Other

176 (3.8)

13 (2.8)

163 (3.9)

 
  1. IQR interquartile range, NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, BMI body mass index, TOAST Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment