Characteristics of stroke patients with proven anterior circulation infarction from the ASH stroke database
| Patients without history of preceding TIA (n = 4465) | Patients with history of preceding TIA (n = 332) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| *Non-significant; **p<0.05; ***p<0.01 | |||
| †Defined as having a MRS score of ⩽1 and Barthel Index ⩾90. | |||
| ASH, Arbeitsgruppe Schlaganfall Hessen, CVD, cardiovascular disease; MRS, Modified Rankin Scale; SD, standard deviation; TIA transient ischaemic attack | |||
| Age in years (mean±SD) | 69.5±12.7 | 69.2±12.1 | * |
| % Men | 53.5 | 61.6 | *** |
| Hospital admission after symptom onset: <3/3–6/⩾6 hrs (%) | 24/22/45 | 19/18/55 | *** |
| Hospital stay: days (mean±SD) | 11.4±9.7 | 13.1±10.3 | *** |
| Barthel Index: <30/30–70/⩾70 (%) | |||
| Day 7 | 18.4/23.2/58.4 | 12.4/20.7/66.9 | ** |
| Discharge | 17.6/22.8/59.6 | 12.8/14.5/72.6 | *** |
| MRS: 0–1/2–3/4–5/6 (%) | |||
| Admission | 21.9/32.0/46.0/0 | 30.7/33.0/36.3/0 | ** |
| Day 7 | 33.7/28.8/35.2/2.2 | 43.2/28.4/26.0/2.5 | *** |
| Discharge | 36.9/27.5/32.5/3.1 | 49.0/23.5/23.8/3.8 | *** |
| Favourable outcome (%)† | |||
| Day 7 | 24.9 | 33.1 | *** |
| Discharge | 35.1 | 46.1 | *** |
| Risk factors (%) | |||
| Arterial hypertension | 71.3 | 69.3 | * |
| Diabetes | 28.7 | 28.4 | * |
| Smoking | 15.4 | 24.9 | *** |
| CVD | 28.8 | 31.3 | * |
| Stroke subtype (%) | |||
| Large vessel atherothrombosis | 22.0 | 28.3 | *** |
| Cardioembolic | 22.7 | 17.5 | ** |
| Small vessel disease | 26.2 | 25.9 | * |
| Other determined cause | 3.9 | 4.2 | * |
| Undetermined | 16.8 | 13.9 | * |
| Secondary prevention (%) | |||
| Aspirin | 49.6 | 39.2 | *** |
| Other aggregation inhibitors | 15.9 | 23.8 | *** |
| Warfarin | 13.0 | 16.3 | * |