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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Clinical usefulness of early serial measurements of C-reactive protein as outcome predictors in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage

 

Favorable neurological outcome (n = 109)

Poor neurological outcome (n = 47)

P value

Age (yr) — mean ± SD

56.6 ± 12.5

66.4 ± 12.2

< 0.001

Gender, male — no. of patients (%)

37 (33.9)

14 (29.8)

0.748

BMI (kg/m2) — mean ± SD

23.6 ± 3.3

23.1 ± 5.2

0.576

Comorbidities — no. of patients (%)

 Hypertension

36 (33.0)

24 (51.1)

0.052

 Current smoker

25 (22.9)

7 (14.9)

0.355

 Diabetes mellitus

5 (4.6)

5 (10.6)

0.289

 Dyslipidemia

6 (5.5)

0 (0)

0.235

 Previous TIA or stroke

3 (2.8)

2 (4.3)

0.999

 Malignancy

2 (1.8)

2 (4.3)

0.745

 Chronic kidney disease

3 (2.8)

0 (0)

0.608

 Ischemic heart disease

2 (1.8)

0 (0)

0.874

Hunt and Hess Classification — no. of patients (%)

  

< 0.001

 2

69 (63.3)

2 (4.3)

 

 3

20 (18.3)

7 (14.9)

 

 4

13 (11.9)

11 (23.4)

 

 5

7 (6.4)

27 (57.4)

 

Glasgow Coma Scale — mean ± SD

12.8 ± 3.5

7.1 ± 3.8

< 0.001

Modified Fisher classification — no. of patients (%)

  

< 0.001

 1

25 (22.9)

1 (2.1)

 

 2

8 (7.3)

0 (0)

 

 3

57 (52.3)

23 (48.9)

 

 4

19 (17.4)

23 (48.9)

 

Pupil reactivity — no. of patients (%)

  

< 0.001

 Both intact pupil reflex

100 (91.7)

28 (59.6)

 

 One unreactive pupil

3 (2.8)

3 (6.4)

 

 Both unreactive pupils

6 (5.5)

16 (34.0)

 

Aneurysm location — no. of patients (%)

  

0.036

 Anterior communicating artery

33 (30.3)

8 (17.0)

 

 Anterior cerebral artery & distal

3 (2.8)

7 (14.9)

 

 Middle cerebral artery & distal

24 (22.0)

12 (25.5)

 

 Internal carotid artery

6 (5.5)

7 (14.9)

 

 Posterior communicating artery

20 (18.3)

6 (12.8)

 

 Posterior circulation

12 (11.0)

3 (6.4)

 

 No aneurysm

7 (6.4)

3 (6.4)

 

 Unknown

4 (3.7)

1 (2.1)

 

Hydrocephalus — no. of patients (%)

48 (44.0)

34 (72.3)

0.002

Intraventricular hemorrhage — no. of patients (%)

25 (22.9)

23 (48.9)

0.002

  1. SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index; TIA, transient ischemic attack