Table 1 Baseline characteristics of stroke patients with specified subtypes.

From: Postdischarge participation and functional outcomes across three common stroke subtypes based on the exploratory retrospective study

Characteristicsa

All patients

(N = 646)

Patients with IS

(n = 335)

Patients with ICH

(n = 288)

Patients with SAH

(n = 23)

P valuec

Age, years

57 (50, 62)

58 (50, 63)

56 (50, 62)

55 (48, 63)

0.326

Sex, female

254 (39%)

132 (39%)

109 (38%)

13 (57%)

0.211

Lesion hemisphere, left

315 (49%)

163 (49%)

139 (48%)

13 (57%)

0.747

Months since stroke

4 (4–4)

4 (4–4)

4 (4–4)

4 (4–4)

0.903

Previous stroke, yes

21 (3%)

10 (3%)

10 (4%)

1 (4%)

0.901

Comorbidity, yes

     

Hypertension

329 (51%)

149 (44%)

168 (58%)

12 (52%)

0.003d

Neurological disease

41 (6%)

16 (5%)

22 (8%)

3 (13%)

0.140

Heart disease

76 (12%)

45 (13%)

29 (10%)

2 (9%)

0.386

Diabetes mellitus

131 (20%)

75 (22%)

56 (19%)

0

0.032e

Kidney disease

36 (6%)

19 (6%)

16 (6%)

1 (4%)

0.965

Cancer

5 (1%)

1 (0.3%)

3 (1%)

1 (4%)

0.079

Psychiatric condition

6 (1%)

3 (1%)

2 (1%)

1 (4%)

0.212

Other

91 (14%)

52 (16%)

35 (12%)

4 (17%)

0.434

Education, years

    

0.460

 ≤ 6

175 (27%)

101 (30%)

68 (24%)

6 (26%)

 > 6 and ≤ 12

330 (51%)

164 (50%)

155 (54%)

11 (48%)

 > 12

141 (22%)

70 (21%)

65 (23%)

6 (26%)

Job before stroke

    

0.457

None or retired

219 (34%)

117 (35%)

95 (33%)

7 (30%)

Part time

106 (16%)

545(16%)

50 (17%)

1 (4%)

Full time

321 (50%)

163 (49%)

143 (50%)

15 (65%)

Monthly income, NT$

≥ 50 000

342 (53%)

182 (54%)

143 (50%)

17 (74%)

0.062

With a partner, yes

497 (77%)

272 (81%)

208 (72%)

17 (74%)

0.028f

With a caregiver, yes

607 (94%)

320 (96%)

265 (92%)

22 (96%)

0.175

MSPSSb

53 (47, 60)

55 (48, 60)

52 (47, 60)

50 (36, 60)

0.010f

NIHSSb

9 (7, 12)

9 (7, 12)

10 (7, 13)

13 (10, 15)

 < 0.001g

mRS ≤ 2b

118 (22%)

61 (22%)

55 (22%)

2 (14%)

0.790

  1. ICH, intracerebral hemorrhage; IS, ischemic stroke; MSPSS, Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support; NIHSS, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; SAH, subarachnoid hemorrhage.
  2. aDescriptive data were represented as median (IQR) or number (%).
  3. bMissing data: MSPSS (IS = 17, ICH = 14, SAH = 3), NIHSS (IS = 1, ICH = 1), mRS (IS = 58, ICH = 33, SAH = 9).
  4. cCharacteristics were compared between stroke subtypes with the use of either Kruskal–Wallis test or X2 test.
  5. dPost-hoc with Bonferroni: ICH > IS, P = 0.001.
  6. ePost-hoc with Bonferroni: IS > SAH, P = 0.011.
  7. fPost-hoc with Bonferroni: IS > ICH, both P ≦ 0.011.
  8. gPost-hoc with Bonferroni: SAH > ICH or IS, both P ≦ 0.003.
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