Table 1 Comparison of socio-demographic, medical and stroke-related factors between included and excluded patients into the study

Male gender^a

750

230/447 (51.45%)

122/303 (40.26%)

0.003

Age [years]^b

750

69 (61–79)

78 (68–84)

< 0.001

BMI [kg/m²]^b

730

26.67 (23.88–29.74)

26.44 (23.80–30.00)

0.757

Length of education [years]^b

658

11 (10–13)

11 (8–13)

0.038

Hemorrhagic stroke^a

750

28/447 (6.26%)

24/303 (7.92%)

0.381

 large-artery atherosclerosis^a

650

41/401 (10.22%)

32/249 (12.85%)

0.302

 cardioembolism^a

650

24/401 (5.99%)

2/249 (0.80%)

0.001

 small-vessel occlusion^a

650

125/401 (31.17%)

117/249 (46.99%)

< 0.001

 other determined etiology^a

650

207/401 (51.62%)

96/249 (38.55%)

0.001

 undetermined etiology^a

650

4/401 (1.00%)

2/249 (0.80%)

0.801

 right hemisphere^a

750

208/447 (46.53%)

90/303 (29.70%)

< 0.001

 left hemisphere^a

750

170/447 (38.03%)

194/303 (64.03%)

< 0.001

 posterior part^a

750

61/447 (13.65%)

12/303 (3.96%)

< 0.001

 more than one localization^a

750

8/447 (1.79%)

7/303 (2.31%)

0.617

rt-Pa treatment^a

750

108/447 (24.16%)

80/303 (26.40%)

0.487

Thrombectomy^a

750

19/447 (4.25%)

13/303 (4.29%)

0.979

CIRS, total score^b

747

8 (5–12)

10 (7–14)

< 0.001

Aphasia in hospital^a

750

63/447 (14.09%)

192/303 (63.37%)

< 0.001

Neglect in hospital^a

750

54/447 (12.08%)

40/303 (13.20%)

0.649

Vision deficits in hospital^a

750

123/447 (27.52%)

175/303 (57.76%)

< 0.001

Delirium in hospital^a

750

77/447 (17.23%)

126/303 (41.58%)

< 0.001

Death in hospital^a

750

2/447 (0.45%)

66/303 (21.78%)

< 0.001

NIHSS at admission^b

750

4 (2–9)

14 (5–20)

< 0.001

Pre-hospital mRS^b

749

0 (0–0)

0 (0–2)

< 0.001

Pre-hospital IQCODE^b

609

78 (78–81)

79 (78–90)

< 0.001

CRP level in hospital [mg/l]^b

729

4.74 (1.99–12.31)

12.90 (4.09–38.71)

< 0.001