Distinctive Gut Microbiota Alteration Is Associated with Poststroke Functional Recovery: Results from a Prospective Cohort Study

Table 1

Summary of demographic and clinical characteristics.

	Poststroke ()	Control ()	value
Age in year, mean (SD)	59.18 (15.34)	59.36 (15.30)	0.902
Gender, (%)			0.995
Male	25 (65.79)	23 (65.71)
Female	13 (34.21)	12 (34.29)
Height in centimeter, mean (SD)	168.53 (6.95)	167.03 (6.83)	0.375
Weight in kilogram, mean (SD)	69.21 (11.33)	66.66 (8.02)	0.274
BMI in kg/m^2, mean (SD)	24.25 (2.87)	23.95 (3.07)	0.594
SBP in mmHg, mean (SD)	127.61 (15.21)	126.00 (10.72)	0.607
DBP in mmHg, mean (SD)	79.13 (10.07)	79.94 (8.16)	0.708
Glucose in mmol/L, mean (SD)	4.52 (0.55)	4.39 (0.62)	0.373
Total cholesterol in mmol/L, mean (SD)	3.38 (1.08)	3.39 (0.70)	0.964
Triglycerides in mmol/L, mean (SD)	1.44 (0.52)	1.45 (0.50)	0.944
Occupation, (%)			0.403
Full time or part time	19 (50.00)	15 (42.86)
Layoffs	0 (0)	1 (2.86)
Retired	17 (44.74)	13 (37.14)
Self-employed	1 (2.63)	4 (11.43)
Others	1 (2.63)	2 (5.71)
Marriage status, (%)			0.343
Unmarried	0 (0)	1 (2.86)
Married	36 (94.74)	30 (85.71)
Widowed	2 (5.26)	2 (5.71)
Divorced	0 (0)	1 (2.86)
Others	0 (0)	1 (2.86)
Education, (%)			0.201
Primary school or less	0 (0)	1 (2.86)
Secondary school	11 (28.95)	4 (11.43)
High school	20 (52.63)	24 (68.57)
College/university	7 (18.42)	5 (14.28)
Postgraduate	0 (0)	1 (2.86)
Smoking status, (%)			0.131
Nonsmoker	23 (60.53)	20 (57.14)
Current smoker	13 (34.21)	8 (22.86)
Previous smoker	2 (5.26)	7 (20.00)
Alcohol intake, (%)			0.438
No drinking	16 (42.11)	20 (57.14)
Light drinking	13 (34.21)	9 (25.72)
Heavy drinking	9 (23.68)	6 (17.14)
Regular physical activities, (%)			0.187
Yes	6 (15.79)	10 (42.86)
No	32 (84.21)	25 (57.14)

SD: standard deviation; BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure.