Table 1 Baseline characteristics by body mass index subgroup.

From: Association of body mass index with mortality and functional outcome after acute ischemic stroke

 

Underweight (n = 282)

Normal weight (n = 2306)

Overweight (n = 1677)

Obese (n = 517)

P Value

BMI (kg/m2)

17.2 ± 1.12

21.7 ± 1.45

25.7 ± 1.13

30.1 ± 2.57

<0.001

Age (years)

70.2 ± 12.8

65.4 ± 11.7

63.2 ± 11.4

63.2 ± 11.8

<0.001

Male Sex (%)

155 (55.0)

1455 (63.1)

1086 (64.8)

276 (53.4)

<0.001

Living alone (%)

20 (7.1)

107 (4.6)

75 (4.5)

32 (6.2)

0.124

Low education (%)

184 (65.2)

1121 (48.6)

702 (41.9)

219 (42.4)

<0.001

Annual household income (%)

    

0.001

<20,000 CNY

176 (62.4)

1371 (59.5)

909 (54.2)

268 (51.8)

 

≥20,000 CNY

68 (24.1)

637 (27.6)

545 (32.5)

177 (34.2)

 

Declined to respond/unknown

38 (13.5)

298 (12.9)

223 (13.3)

72 (13.9)

 

Hypertension (%)

177 (62.8)

1635 (70.9)

1358 (81.0)

453 (87.6)

<0.001

Diabetes (%)

47 (16.7)

500 (21.7)

490 (29.2)

161 (31.1)

<0.001

Hyperlipidaemia (%)

89 (31.6)

936 (40.6)

838 (50.0)

305 (59.0)

<0.001

Prior stroke/TIA (%)

80 (28.4)

704 (30.5)

564 (33.6)

193 (37.3)

0.005

Coronary artery disease (%)

64 (22.7)

506 (21.9)

418 (24.9)

146 (28.2)

0.010

Atrial fibrillation (%)

42 (14.9)

216 (9.4)

142 (8.5)

42 (8.1)

0.005

Current smoker (%)

76 (27.0)

670 (29.1)

509 (30.4)

120 (23.2)

0.015

Regular alcohol use (%)

62 (22.0)

606 (26.3)

510 (30.4)

126 (24.4)

0.001

Prior dependency (%)

61 (21.6)

284 (12.3)

220 (13.1)

79 (15.3)

<0.001

Time from stroke onset to hospital presentation (%)

    

0.456

<6 hours

88 (31.2)

664 (28.8)

521 (31.1)

154 (29.8)

 

≥6 hours

182 (64.5)

1516 (65.7)

1076 (64.2)

344 (66.5)

 

Unknown

12 (4.3)

126 (5.5)

80 (4.8)

19 (3.7)

 

Glasgow Coma Scale score on admission (%)

    

0.034

13–15

223 (81.4)

1957 (85.9)

1462 (88.0)

443 (87.7)

 

9–12

32 (11.7)

216 (9.5)

132 (7.9)

35 (6.9)

 

3–8

19 (6.9)

105 (4.6)

67 (4.0)

27 (5.3)

 

OCSP classification on admission

    

0.544

TACI

32 (11.3)

244 (10.6)

176 (10.5)

54 (10.4)

 

PACI

136 (48.2)

1138 (49.3)

853 (50.9)

250 (48.4)

 

LACI

66 (23.4)

518 (22.5)

349 (20.8)

120 (23.2)

 

POCI

30 (10.6)

302 (13.1)

239 (14.3)

69 (13.3)

 

Unknown

18 (6.4)

104 (4.5)

60 (3.6)

24 (4.6)

 
  1. BMI, body mass index; CNY, Chinese Yuan; LACI, lacunar infarct; OCSP, Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project classification; PACI, partial anterior circulation infarct; POCI, posterior circulation infarct; TACI, total anterior circulation infarct; TIA, transient ischemic attack. 20000 CNY was equal to approximately $2857 US in 2006. Glasgow coma scale score on admission was available in 4718 patients (274 underweight patients, 2278 normal-weight patients, 1661 overweight patients and 505 obese patients).