First-Year Outcomes after Stroke Rehabilitation: A Multicenter Study in Thailand

Table 1

Characteristics of 214 stroke patients.

Demographic data	Mean ± SD or 𝑛 (%)
Age (yrs)	62.1±12.5   (range 21–93)
Sex: male	124 (57.9)
Marital status: married	151 (70.6)
Urban residence	132 (61.7)
Type of stroke: infarction	155 (72.4)
Current cigarette smoking	34 (15.9)
Current alcohol drinking	63 (29.4)
Presence of dysphagia	33 (15.4)
Presence of bowel/bladder problems	65 (30.4)
Associated medical diseases:
(i) Hypertension	162 (75.7)
(ii) Dyslipidemia	118 (55.1)
(iii) Diabetes Mellitus	62 (29.0)
(iv) Cardiac diseases	40 (18.7)
(v) Previous stroke/TIA	32 (15.0)
(vi) Others (carotid stenosis, diabetic retinopathy, hypothyroid, parkinsonism, seizure, spinal stenosis)	41 (19.2)

TIA: transient ischemic attack.