Ischemic Strokes: Observations from a Hospital Based Stroke Registry in Bangladesh
Table 3
Risk factors of stroke patient by gender.
Variable
Male
Female
value
Age mean (SD)
60.32 (11.0)
61.24 (11.0)
0.31
Systolic BP mean (SD)
144.22 (22.7)
144.59 (21.7)
0.84
Diastolic BP mean (SD)
84.79 (12.1)
84.31 (12.3)
0.63
RBS mean (SD)
231.48 (95.1)
231.23 (94.5)
0.98
TOAST (%)
Large vessel
148 (32.2)
73 (33.3)
0.81
Small vessel
214 (46.5)
94 (42.9)
Cardioembolic
21 (4.6)
12 (5.5)
Unknown etiology
77 (16.7)
40 (18.3)
Risk factors
DM (RBS > 200)
237 (57.8)
118 (60.5)
0.53
HTN
323 (70.2)
181 (82.6)
0.01
Dyslipidemia
392 (94.2)
179 (90.4)
0.08
Smoking
106 (24.4)
4 (2.1)
<0.01
Carotid stenosis > 70%
17 (15.7)
11 (17.7)
0.74
A-fib on ECG
5 (1.1)
3 (1.4)
0.72
Severe LV dysfunction
62 (17.9)
25 (15.1)
0.42
Investigations
MRI
100 (21.7)
40 (18.3)
0.30
Echocardiography
299 (78.5)
145 (80.1)
0.66
Carotid Doppler
374 (81.3)
174 (79.5)
0.57
Complications
Pneumonia
36 (7.8)
24 (11.0)
0.18
UTI
26 (39.3)
32 (18.7)
<0.01
Stroke severity NIHSS > 14
79 (17.2)
42 (19.2)
0.52
mRs at discharge
0–2
170 (37.0)
57 (26.0)
0.02
3–5
279 (60.7)
157 (71.7)
6
11 (2.4)
5 (2.3)
Hospital mean stay
7.5 (3.7)
8.5 (4.2)
<0.01
Atrial fibrillation: A-fib, blood pressure: BP, diabetes mellitus: DM, electrocardiogram: ECG, hypertension: HTN, left ventricular: LV, magnetic resonance imaging: MRI, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale: NIHSS, random blood sugar: RBS, standard deviation: SD, and urinary tract infection: UTI.
