Table 1 Patient characteristics according to stroke subtype.
Intracerebral hemorrhage (n = 15) | Acute ischemic stroke (n = 48) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 62 (53–71) | 77 (66–83) | 0.02 |
Sex | 0.76 | ||
Female | 5 (33.3%) | 20 (41.7%) | |
Male | 10 (66.7%) | 28 (58.3%) | |
Diabetes mellitus | 3 (%) | 10 (%) | 0.73 |
Serum creatinine (mg/dl) | 1.02 ± 0.17 | 2.69 ± 1.53 | 0.16 |
Etiology | • Lobar 4 (26.7%) • Non-lobar (deep or infratentorial) 11 (73.3%) | • Large artery atherosclerosis 14 (29.2%) • Cardioembolism 23 (47.9%) • Small artery occlusion 3 (6.25%) • Other determined cause 1 (2.1%) • Undetermined cause 7 (14.6%) | |
NIHSS | |||
At admission | 15 (6–19) | 11 (5–27) | 0.4 |
At discharge | 12 (1–20), n = 15 | 4 (2–12), n = 45 | 0.16 |
Time from symptom onset to sample collection (hours)* | 26 (15–77), n = 12 | 40 (25–55), n = 37 | 0.29 |
Recanalization therapy | Not applicable | • Intravenous thrombolysis 20 (%) • Mechanical thrombectomy 24 (%) | |
mRS | |||
Pre-stroke | 0 (0–2) | 1 (0–2) | 0.4 |
At discharge | 5 (4–5) | 4 (2–5) | 0.1 |
At 3 months | 4 (3–6), n = 13 | 4 (2–5), n = 43 | 0.5 |
In-hospital mortality | 3 (20%) | 4 (8.3%) | 0.3 |
