Research Article

Effect of Herbal Prescriptions in Accordance with Pattern Identification in Acute Cerebral Infarction Patients: Based on Fire-Heat Pattern

Table 5

Comparisons of baseline characteristics between the correspondence group and the noncorrespondence group.

Correspondence group ()Noncorrespondence group () value

Gender, male (%)24 (60.0)8 (47.1)0.397
Age, yr (SD)69.2 (10.0)68.4 (10.0)0.524
BMI, kg/m2 (SD)24.1 (3.0)24.5 (3.4)0.848
Treatment period from onset, day (SD)9.5 (6.2)12.7 (8.7)0.142
Past history
 Hypertension (%)32 (80.0)12 (70.6)0.499
 Dyslipidemia (%)15 (37.5)7 (41.2)1.000
 Diabetes mellitus (%)15 (37.5)6 (35.3)1.000
 Heart disease (%)4 (10.0)2 (11.8)1.000
Stroke type
 LAA (%)11 (27.5)4 (23.5)1.000
 CE (%)3 (7.5)1 (5.9)1.000
 SVO (%)25 (62.5)11 (64.7)1.000
 SUE (%)1 (2.5)1 (5.9)0.511
Life style
 Smoking (%)18 (45.0)7 (41.2)1.000
 Alcohol (%)19 (47.5)5 (29.4)0.251

BMI, Body Mass Index; LAA, large artery arteriosclerosis; CE, cardiogenic embolism; SVO, small vessel occlusion; SUE, stroke of undetermined etiology.