Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with stroke at baseline according to HbA1c categories.

From: Investigating the impact of glycated hemoglobin levels on stroke severity in patients with acute ischemic stroke

Characteristic

Glycemic status based on HbA1c level

One-way ANOVA Test

< 5.4

n = 68

5.4–5.6

n = 80

5.7–5.9

n = 116

6–6.4

n = 130

6.5–6.9

n = 88

7–7.9

n = 112

> 8.00

n = 509

F

P value

Age (year) (mean ± SD)

53.8 ± 16.3

56.8 ± 14.5

57.1 ± 15.1

60.9 ± 12.7

61.4 ± 13.8

62.6 ± 10.3

60.8 ± 12.5

5.611

< 0.001

Gender (N; %)

Female

23; 33.8%

36; 45.0%

37; 31.9%

50; 38.5%

32; 36.4%

41; 36.6%

179; 35.2%

398; 36.1%

Male

45; 66.2%

44; 55.0%

79; 68.1%

80; 61.5%

56; 63.6%

71; 63.4%

330; 64.8%

705; 63.9%

Total

68; 100%

80; 100%

116; 100%

130; 100%

88; 100%

112; 100%

509; 100%

1103; 100%

Smoking (N; %)

Smoker

10; 14.7%

12; 15.0%

25; 21.6%

21; 16.2%

12; 13.6%

17; 15.2%

64; 12.6%

161; 14.6%

Non-smoker

58; 85.3%

68; 85.0%

91; 78.4%

109; 83.8%

76; 86.4%

95; 84.8%

445; 87.4%

942; 85.4%

Total

68; 100%

80; 100%

116; 100%

130; 100%

88; 100%

112; 100%

509; 100%

1103; 100%

BMI (kg/m2) (mean ± SD)

28.1 ± 5.7

28.7 ± 6.1

28.8 ± 5.5

28.6 ± 6.4

28.7 ± 6.0

29.5 ± 6.2

29.5 ± 5.8

1.215

0.296

LDL (mean ± SD)

2.8 ± 1.2

2.9 ± 1.1

3.1 ± 1.3

2.9 ± 1.0

2.9 ± 0.8

2.5 ± 0.9

2.8 ± 1.0

3.999

< 0.001

HDL (mean ± SD)

1.0 ± 0.4

1.0 ± 0.4

1.0 ± 0.4

1.0 ± 0.4

0.9 ± 0.3

0.9 ± 0.2

1.0 ± 0.4

1.303

0.253

Creatinine (mean ± SD)

88.3 ± 43.5

75.9 ± 18.4

83.0 ± 31.2

81.3 ± 24.2

85.3 ± 35.2

85.0 ± 52.7

92.3 ± 54.1

2.523

0.020

NIHSS admission (mean ± SD)

6.9 ± 6.1

7.1 ± 6.5

8.0 ± 6.6

8.5 ± 6.3

9.0 ± 7.6

9.8 ± 8.0

13.2 ± 9.6

17.154

< 0.001

Length of stays (day) (mean ± SD)

11.8 ± 25.0

6.4 ± 9.5

10.6 ± 22.7

8.3 ± 14.7

15.1 ± 28.9

12.2 ± 22.7

13.0 ± 24.0

1.896

0.078