Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Acute Ischemic Stroke in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Single-Center, Retrospective Study in Southern China

Table 2

Classification of etiology and prognosis at discharge of the participants.

Clinical characteristics	NDM group (n = 746)	DM group (n = 410)	Total (n = 1156)	value
SAO (n, %)	102 (13.67%)	111 (27.07%)	213 (18.43%)	≤0.010
LAA (n, %)	641 (85.92%)	318 (77.56%)	959 (82.96%)	≤0.010
Mean NIHSS (on admission)	5.00	4.39	4.78	0.008
Mean NIHSS (at discharge)	3.46	3.44	3.46	0.161
Favorable prognosis (mRS score: 0–2) (n, %) (at discharge)	527 (70.64%)	281 (68.54%)	808 (69.90%)	0.462

. NDM: no diabetes mellitus; SAO: small-artery occlusion; LAA: large-artery atherosclerosis; NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; mRS: modified Rankin Scale.