Table 1 Patient characteristics
From: Temporal profile of body temperature in acute ischemic stroke: relation to infarct size and outcome
Included patients (n = 419) | Patients without follow-up imaging (n = 173) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 66 (13) | 70 (15) | 0.001 |
Men | 256 (61) | 84 (49) | 0.01 |
Body temperature on admission (°C) | 36.7 (0.6) | 36.7 (0.8) | 0.94 |
NIHSS on admission | 6 (10) | 7 (10) | 0.02 |
Hypertension | 206 (49) | 102 (59) | 0.25 |
Diabetes mellitus | 65 (16) | 23 (13) | 0.49 |
Current smoking | 122 (29) | 38 (22) | 0.39 |
Previous stroke | 88 (21) | 43 (25) | 0.38 |
TOAST | 0.66 | ||
Large-artery atherosclerosis | 130 (31) | 51 (30) | |
Cardioembolism | 79 (19) | 33 (19) | |
Small vessel disease | 49 (12) | 16 (9) | |
Other | 24 (6) | 4 (9) | |
Unknown | 137 (32) | 58 (33) | |
Posterior circulation stroke | 14 (3) | 2 (3) | 0.67 |
Treatment with intravenous alteplase | 249 (59) | 112 (65) | 0.29 |
Intra-arterial treatment | 26 (6) | 11 (6) | 0.94 |
Poor outcome (mRS ≥3) | 144 (34) | 71 (41) | 0.11 |