Research Article

Recurrent Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke in Cameroon: A Case-Control Study

Table 3

Wilcoxon ranked sum comparison of quantitative variables between Cameroonian patients with recurrent stroke and those with a first-time stroke event.

Quantitative variableTest statisticvalueAdjusted value

Clinical parameters
 Age−0.190.800.98
 Abdominal circumference9.14<0.01<0.01
 Glasgow Coma Scale1.220.090.98
 Heart rate3.87<0.01<0.01
 Respiratory rate12.30<0.01<0.01
 Diastolic blood pressure−2.05<0.010.56
 Systolic blood pressure4.75<0.01<0.01

Laboratory workup
 Blood glucose5.17<0.01<0.01
 Hemoglobin12.20<0.01<0.01
 Platelet count8.48<0.01<0.01
 HDL cholesterol1.860.010.98
 LDL cholesterol8.89<0.01<0.01
 Triglycerides6.91<0.01<0.01

Radiological
 Number of ventricles inundated8.11<0.01<0.01