Ischemic Strokes: Observations from a Hospital Based Stroke Registry in Bangladesh
Table 5
Distribution of covariates among stroke patients in old age.
Variable
≤70 yrs,
>70 yrs,
value
Male (%)
385 (67.9)
75 (67.0)
0.85
Systolic BP mean (SD)
144.9 (22.5)
141.7 (21.4)
0.17
Diastolic BP mean (SD)
85.2 (12.3)
81.7 (10.9)
<0.01
RBS mean (SD)
232.8 (97.6)
224.3 (79.3)
0.35
TOAST (%)
Large vessel
182 (32.1)
39 (34.8)
0.15
Small vessel
267 (47.1)
41 (36.6)
Cardioembolic
27 (4.8)
6 (5.4)
Unknown etiology
91 (16.0)
26 (23.2)
Risk factors (%)
DM (RBS > 200)
436 (76.9)
70 (62.5)
<0.01
HTN
412 (72.7)
92 (82.1)
0.04
Dyslipidemia
479 (93.6)
92 (90.2)
0.23
Smoking
98 (17.3)
12 (10.7)
0.09
Carotid stenosis > 70%
24 (18.9)
4 (9.3)
0.14
A-fib on ECG
7 (1.2)
1 (0.9)
0.76
Severe LV dysfunction
259 (58.3)
60 (68.2)
0.09
Investigations
MRI
124 (21.9)
16 (14.3)
0.07
Echocardiography
373 (79.7)
71 (75.5)
0.37
Carotid Doppler
413 (72.8)
84 (75.0)
0.64
Complications
Pneumonia
43 (7.6)
17 (15.2)
0.01
UTI
47 (8.3)
11 (9.8)
0.60
Stroke severity NIHSS > 14
78 (13.9)
20 (17.9)
0.29
mRs at discharge
0–2
200 (35.3)
27 (24.1)
0.07
3–5
354 (62.4)
82 (73.2)
6
13 (2.3)
3 (2.7)
Hospital mean stay
7.9 (3.9)
7.6 (4.0)
0.54
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.
