Table 1 Patients’ characteristics and stroke subtypes.
From: Clinical profile of adult stroke patients in Angola: a cross-sectional study
Characteristics | N 139 | Stroke subtype | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ischemic 102 | Hemorrhagic 37 | |||
Sex | ||||
Male n (%) | 91 (65.5) | 64 (62.7) | 27 (73.0) | 0.037* |
Age (years)† | 59.5 ± 13.5 | 61.6 ± 13.3 | 53.6 ± 12.3 | 0.001* |
≤ 39 | 9 (6.5) | 4 (3.9) | 5 (13.5) | |
40–49 | 26 (18.7) | 14 (13.7) | 12 (32.4) | |
50–59 | 38 (27.3) | 27 (26.5) | 11 (29.7) | |
60–69 | 35 (25.2) | 31 (30.4) | 4 (10.8) | |
≥ 70 | 31 (22.3) | 26 (25.5) | 5 (13.5) | |
Length of stay† | 8.3 ± 4.7 | 7.4 ± 3.8 | 10.8 ± 6.1 | 0.001* |
Onset-to-door time (hours)‡ | 14 | 24 | 8 | 0.035* |
≤ 3 h | 15 (10.8) | 11 (10.8) | 4 (10.8) | |
Systolic blood pressure† | 171 ± 32.2 | 166.4 ± 30.3 | 183.8 ± 34.2 | 0.004* |
> 139 mmHg n (%) | 118 (86.1) | 84 (83.2) | 34 (94.4) | |
Diastolic blood pressure† | 97.8 ± 19.2 | 92.3 ± 17.4 | 113.4 ± 15.4 | < 0.001* |
≥ 90 mmHg n (%) | 89 (65.0) | 55 (54.5) | 34 (94.4) | |
mRS score | 0.255 | |||
≤ 2 | 70 (50.4) | 53 (52.0) | 17 (45.9) | |
3–4 | 61 (43.8) | 46 (45.1) | 15 (20.5) | |
> 4 | 8 (5.8) | 3 (2.9) | 5 (13.5) | |
