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Table 1 Baseline characteristics according to time-window at presentation

From: Factors affecting prehospital delay in rural and urban patients with stroke: a prospective survey-based study in Southwest Germany

Characteristic

≤4.5 h

> 4.5 h

All patients

Number of patients, n

296

163

459

Age, mean (SD)

70.47 (12.85)

67.29 (13.57)

69.34 (13.20)

Female, n (%)

137 (46.3)

79 (48.5)

216 (47.1)

Distance to hospital (km), mean (SD)

16.0 (12.7)

17.56 (12.7)

16.56 (12.7)

NIHSS at admission, median (IQR)

3 (1–6)

2 (1–4)

2 (1–5)

pmRS, median (IQR)

1 (0–2)

0 (0–2)

0 (0–2)

mRS at admission, median (IQR)

3 (1–3)

2 (1–3)

2 (1–3)

Type of stroke (ischaemic and TIA), n (%)

288 (97.3)

149 (91.4)

437 (95.2)

Comorbidities

 Arterial hypertension, n (%)

230 (77.7)

115 (70.6)

345 (75.2)

 Hyperlipoproteinämie, n (%)

132 (44.6)

63 (38.7)

195 (42.5)

 Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

67 (22.6)

26 (16.0)

93 (20.3)

 Recurrent Stroke, n (%)

63 (21.3)

32 (19.6)

95 (20.7)

 Atrial fibrillation, n (%)

73 (24.7)

24 (14.7)

97 (21.1)

Highest professional degreea

 None, n (%)

62 (21.2)

25 (16.0)

87 (19.4)

 Apprenticeship, n (%)

174 (59.4)

100 (64.1)

274 (61.0)

 University degree, n (%)

57 (19.5)

31 (19.9)

88 (19.6)

  1. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, IQR interquartile range, mRS morbid Rankin Scale, NIHSS National Institutes of Stroke Scale, pmRS premorbid Rankin scale, SD standard deviation, TIA Transient ischaemic attack
  2. asome missing values