The Impact of Mild Stroke on Participation in Physical Fitness Activities

Table 1

Demographics, mean pre- and post-HDL activities, and mean % HDL activities retained, 𝑁=127.

	𝑁 (%)	Mean HDL act. prestroke	Mean HDL act. poststroke	𝑃 value	HDL act. %; retained (post/pre)
NIHSS score: mean (SD), range	2.39 (1.54), 0–5
Age, years: mean (SD), range	62.55 (13.51), 31–90
54 years or younger	38 (30)	7.47	5.18	0.000*	69%
55 to 69 years	48 (38)	4.75	3.47	0.000*	73%
70 years or older	41 (32)	3.27	1.91	0.000*	58%
Gender
Female	65 (51)	3.68	2.52	0.000*	68%
Male	62 (49)	6.56	4.48	0.000*	69%
Race
Caucasian	74 (58)	5.18	3.78	0.000*	72%
African American	53 (42)	4.96	3.06	0.000*	64%
Education: mean no. of years (SD), range	12.87 (2.88), 6–22
High school or less	68 (54)	3.96	2.68	0.000*	67%
More than high school	59 (46)	6.39	4.41	0.000*	70%
Rehabilitation services poststroke
None	29 (23)	5.79	4.03	0.000*	70%
Limited	60 (47)	5.08	3.84	0.000*	76%
Intensive	33 (26)	4.30	2.27	0.000*	53%
Missing data	5 (4)

*Differences between mean pre- and post-mild stroke HDL activity levels significant at 𝑃<0.004 after Bonferroni correction.