Table 1 Characteristics of the developmental and validation datasets

Age in years (mean, SD(standard deviation)

69.3 (13.8)

70.8 (14.0)

0.051

Sex (proportion of females)

50.4 %

54.1 %

0.198

Referred by:

Not available

N/A

 GP

66.1 %

 ED

18.1 %

 Other

15.8 %

Proportion of TIA

272 (30.9 %)

160 (30.5 %)

0.901

Proportion of stroke

174 (18.7 %)

76 (14.5 %)

0.014

Proportion of mimics

443 (50.4 %)

289 (55.1 %)

0.103

Previous cerebrovascular disease

128 (14.6 %)

32 (6.1 %)

< 0.001

Hypertension

365 (41.5 %)

106 (20.2 %)

< 0.001

Diabetes

117 (13.3 %)

27 (5.2 %)

< 0.001

AF

101 (11.2 %)

25 (4.8 %)

< 0.001

Smoker

165 (18.8 %)

24 (4.6 %)

< 0.001