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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study patients grouped by 90-day functional outcome

From: Elevated plasma D-dimer levels are associated with short-term poor outcome in patients with acute ischemic stroke: a prospective, observational study

Variable

all

good outcome

poor outcome

P value

(n = 877)

(n = 575)

(n = 302)

Age (years), median (IQR)

64.00 (54.50–73.00)

62 (52–70)

68 (60–77.25)

0.000

Sex (male), n (%)

601 (68.5)

413 (71.8)

188 (62.3)

0.004

BMI (kg/m2),(Mean ± SD)

25.09 ± 3.64

24.76 ± 3.54

25.70 ± 3.74

0.000

Smoker, n (%)

337 (38.4)

217 (37.7)

120 (39.7)

0.307

Alcohol drinkers, n (%)

192 (21.9)

137 (23.8)

55 (18.2)

0.056

Hypertension, n (%)

531 (60.5)

336 (58.4)

195 (64.6)

0.077

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

281 (32.0)

172 (29.9)

109 (36.1)

0.062

CAD, n (%)

106 (12.1)

61 (10.6)

45 (14.9)

0.064

Atrial fibrillation, n (%)

110 (12.5)

44 (7.7)

66 (21.9)

0.000

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

309 (35.2)

209 (36.3)

100 (33.1)

0.341

Previous stroke, n (%)

116 (13.2)

73 (12.7)

43 (14.2)

0.522

NIHSS on admission, median (IQR)

5 (3–8)

5 (3–7)

7 (5–8)

0.000

SBP (mmHg), median (IQR)

147 (131–164)

147 (132–162)

147 (130–165)

0.949

DBP (mmHg), median (IQR)

83 (75–92)

83 (75–92)

83 (74–92)

0.229

FBG (mmol/L), median (IQR)

6 (4.81–8.22)

5.62 (4.63–7.50)

6.70 (5.46–9.50)

0.000

D-dimer (mg /L), median (IQR)

0.56 (0.24–1.79)

0.46 (0.21–1.32)

0.88 (0.42_2.72)

0.000

Stroke etiology, n (%)

   

0.000

 Large-vessel occlusive

344 (39.2)

176 (30.6)

168 (55.6)

 

 Small-vessel occlusive

366 (41.7)

312 (54.3)

54 (17.9)

 

 Cardioembolic

88 (10)

32 (5.6)

56 (18.5)

 

 Other

30 (3.4)

21 (3.7)

9 (3.0)

 

 Undetermined

49 (5.6)

34 (5.9)

15 (5.0)

 
  1. BMI body mass index, CAD coronary artery disease, NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, IQR interquartile range, SD standard deviation
  2. a P value was assessed using χ2 test, independent t-tests, or Mann–Whitney U test, as appropriate