Table 1 Baseline characteristics according to the subgroup outcomes.

From: Phosphodiesterase 4D polymorphisms associate with the short-term outcome in ischemic stroke

Variables

Total

Outcome

P

Unfavorable (mRS < 2)

Favorable (mRS ≥ 2)

N

1388 (100.0)

490 (35.3)

898 (64.7)

 

Age(mean ± SD)

60.04 ± 3.01

55.98 ± 3.39

62.25 ± 2.26

<0.001

Gender[n(%)]

 Male

1042 (75.1)

389 (79.4)

653 (72.7)

0.006

 Female

346 (24.9)

101 (20.6)

245 (27.3)

 

Ethnic[n(%)]

 Han

1356 (97.7)

479 (97.8)

877 (97.7)

0.912

 Other

32 (2.3)

11 (2.2)

21 (2.3)

 

Education[n(%)]

 Primary school or lower

805 (58.0)

258 (52.7)

547 (60.9)

0.003

 Senior school or higher

583 (42.0)

232 (47.3)

351 (39.1)

 

History[n(%)]

 Smoking

821 (60.5)

306 (63.4)

515 (58.9)

0.110

 Drinking

315 (25.3)

120 (26.4)

195 (24.6)

0.479

 Hypertension

853 (61.5)

287 (58.6)

566 (63.0)

0.103

 Diabetes

400 (28.8)

130 (26.5)

270 (30.1)

0.165

 Hyperlipidemia

223 (16.1)

95 (19.4)

128 (14.3)

0.013

 Coronary heart disease

142 (10.2)

46 (9.4)

96 (10.7)

0.444

 Atrial fibrillation

52 (3.7)

12 (2.4)

40 (4.5)

0.060

 Ischemic stroke

336 (24.2)

91 (18.6)

245 (27.3)

<0.001

 Cerebral hemorrhage

32 (2.3)

12 (2.4)

20 (2.2)

0.792

 NIHSS on admission

4 (2–8)

3 (1–5)

6 (2–10)

<0.001

TOAST classification

 Large-artery atherosclerosis

839 (60.5)

269 (54.9)

570 (63.5)

0.006

 Small-artery occlusion

76 (5.5)

24 (4.9)

52 (5.8)

 

 Cardio-embolism

321 (23.1)

132 (26.9)

189 (21.1)

 

 Other determined etiology

28 (2.0)

15 (3.1)

13 (1.5)

 

 Undetermined etiology

124 (8.9)

50 (10.2)

74 (8.2)

 
  1. Note: Continuous and categorical variables were tested by Student’s t-test and χ2 analysis, respectively.
  2. NIHSS: national institutes of health stroke scale.