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Table 1 Clinical and laboratory data by group

From: Elevated plasma biomarkers of inflammation in acute ischemic stroke patients with underlying dementia

 

AIS (n = 35)

AIS + D (n = 8)

χ2

p

Age

64.5 ± 14.1

85.8 ± 9.6

 

0.0003

Sex

  

0.73

0.39

 Male

27 (77%)

5 (63%)

  

 Female

8 (23%)

3 (37%)

  

Time from stroke onset to venipuncture (h)

44.4 ± 17.5

39.5 ± 20.9

 

0.53

Initial NIHSS

4.3 ± 4.3

11.9 ± 8.1

 

0.009

Other conditions

 Atrial arrhythmia

7 (20%)

6 (75%)

9.34

0.002

 Kidney disease

4 (11%)

0 (0%)

1.01

0.32

 Hyperlipidemia

21 (60%)

4 (50%)

0.27

0.61

 Heart failure

3 (9%)

4 (50%)

8.20

0.004

 Diabetes

7 (20%)

1 (3%)

0.24

0.62

 Coronary artery disease

5 (14%)

1 (13%)

0.02

0.90

 Obesity

2 (6%)

0 (0%)

0.48

0.49

 Hypothyroidism

3 (9%)

0 (0%)

0.74

0.39

 Smoking / COPD

6 (17%)

2 (25%)

0.27

0.61

 Gastritis / ulcer

4 (11%)

0 (0%)

1.01

0.32

 Parkinson’s disease

0 (0%)

1 (13%)

4.48

0.03

IL-6 (pg/mL)

0 (0–5.5)

11.5 (9.8–18.0)

 

0.002

CRP (mg/L)

3.5 (1.6–9.6)

19.8 (13.2–41.8)

 

0.003

S100B (ng/L)

55.0 (46.0–91.5)

94.5 (71.8–464)

 

0.065

CC3 (mg/dL)

130 (111–142)

111 (105–123)

 

0.16

  1. Note: Age is presented as mean ± standard deviation. Laboratory values are presented as median and range between 25th percentile and 75th percentile values, with between group comparisons performed using the Mann-Whitney U test