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Table 1 Patient characteristics (N = 536)

From: Hemoglobin concentration does not impact 3-month outcome following acute ischemic stroke

Characteristic

No. (%) of Patients

Female

244 (45.5)

Age, mean (SD), y

62 (15)

Admission NIHSS score

 Median (IQR)

3 (5)

 Mean (SD)

5.2 (5.5)

 NIHSS < 10

450 (84)

Hemoglobin parameters

 Admission Hb, mean (SD), g/dl

13.2 (1.9)

 Nadir Hb, mean (SD), g/dl

11.7 (2.3)

 Delta Hb, median (IQR), g/dl

1.1 (1.9)

Charlson Comorbidity Index, median (IQR)

3 (3)

Body mass index ≥30

58 (11)

Congestive heart failure

66 (12)

Hypertension

90 (17)

Diabetes mellitus

157 (29)

Renal disease

63 (12)

Liver disease

14 (3)

HIV positive

6 (1)

Intravenous alteplase administered

39 (7)

Length of stay, median (IQR)

3 (5)

Red blood cell transfusion

28 (5)

3-month modified Rankin scale score

 0

98 (18)

 1

90 (17)

 2

105 (20)

 3

121 (23)

 4

68 (13)

 5

20 (4)

 6

34 (6)

  1. Abbreviations: HIV human immunodeficiency virus, IQR interquartile range, NIHSS National Institutes of Health stroke scale, SD standard deviation