Meteorological Variables Associated with Stroke

Table 1

Patient variables.

Demographic
Age
Sex
Ethnicity
Date of stroke event
Date/time of emergency department arrival
Time of event
Location of event
Medical/physiological
Height
Weight
Calculated body mass index
Blood pressure at time of emergency department arrival
Cholesterol
Stroke self-history
Stroke family history
Diabetes mellitus
Hypertension
Other reported conditions in history
Current medications
Smoking history
Alcohol use
All other drug use and history
Additional
NIH Stroke Scale score
Activity at time of stroke event
Length of hospital stay
Disposition at discharge
Stroke diagnosis
International Classification of Diseases (9th rev.) code