Table 2 Baseline characteristics of the study patients grouped by plasma D-dimer quartile

Age (years), median (IQR)

59 (50–66)

66 (58–74)

66 (53–76)

66 (57–76)

Sex (male), n (%)

172 (76.1)

152 (71.4)

142 (64.8)

135 (61.6)

BMI (kg/m2),(Mean ± SD)

24.89 ± 3.52

24.79 ± 3.56

24.99 ± 3.64

25.69 ± 3.78

Smoker, n (%)

102 (45.1)

90 (42.3)

74 (33.8)

71 (32.4)

Alcohol drinker, n (%)

56 (24.8)

51 (23.9)

44 (20.1)

41 (18.7)

Hypertension, n (%)

138 (61.1)

131 (63.5)

130 (59.4)

133 (60.7)

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

83 (36.7)

71 (33.3)

55 (25.1)

72 (32.9)

CAD, n (%)

18 (8.0)

24 (11.3)

27 (12.3)

37 (16.9)

Atrial fibrillation, n (%)

10 (4.4)

23 (10.8)

30 (13.7)

47 (21.5)

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

90 (39.8)

80 (37.6)

63 (28.8)

76 (34.7)

Previous stroke, n (%)

22 (9.7)

38 (17.8)

28 (12.8)

28 (12.8)

NIHSS on admission, median (IQR)

4 (3–7)

5 (3–7)

6 (3–7)

7 (5–10)

SBP (mmHg), median (IQR)

148 (134–165)

145 (131–162)

144 (130–162)

152 (134–166)

DBP (mmHg), median (IQR)

85 (78–95)

82 (76–90)

80 (74–90)

84 (76–93)

FBG (mmol/L), median (IQR)

5.7 (4.66–8.23)

6.01 (4.95–7.85)

5.90 (4.78–7.46)

6.23 (5.00–9.10)

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

0.17 (0.12–0.21)

0.38 (0.31–0.48)

0.92 (0.72–1.27)

3.06 (2.45–3.97)

Stroke etiology, n (%)

 Large-vessel occlusive

81 (35.8)

82 (38.5)

86 (39.3)

95 (43.4)

 Small-vessel occlusive

118 (52.2)

93 (43.7)

91 (41.6)

64 (29.2)

 Cardioembolic

7 (3.1)

18 (8.5)

24 (11)

39 (19.8)

 Other

12 (5.3)

7 (3.3)

5 (2.3)

6 (2.7)

 Unknown

8 (3.5)

13 (6.1)

13 (5.9)

15 (6.8)

Mortality, n (%)

4 (1.8)

13 (6.1)

24 (11)

36 (16.4)