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Table 4 A comparison of outcomes among patients with stroke mimics and true strokes

From: Stroke mimics in patients clinically diagnosed with stroke at a tertiary teaching hospital in Tanzania: a prospective cohort study

 

Stroke mimics

n (%)

True strokes

n (%)

Total

P value

Length of hospital stay

6.2 ± 3.5

9.1 ± 16.1

8.9 ± 15.9

0.009

Died at 30 days

12 (54.5)

196 (60.1)

208 (59.8)

0.295

Independency at 1 month (amRS 0–2)

1 (10)

19 (14.6)

20 (14.3)

0.522

  1. amRS Modified Rankin Scale