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 variable | Test statistic | value | Adjusted value |
| Clinical parameters | Age | −0.19 | 0.80 | 0.98 | Abdominal circumference | 9.14 | <0.01 | <0.01 | Glasgow Coma Scale | 1.22 | 0.09 | 0.98 | Heart rate | 3.87 | <0.01 | <0.01 | Respiratory rate | 12.30 | <0.01 | <0.01 | Diastolic blood pressure | −2.05 | <0.01 | 0.56 | Systolic blood pressure | 4.75 | <0.01 | <0.01 |
| Laboratory workup | Blood glucose | 5.17 | <0.01 | <0.01 | Hemoglobin | 12.20 | <0.01 | <0.01 | Platelet count | 8.48 | <0.01 | <0.01 | HDL cholesterol | 1.86 | 0.01 | 0.98 | LDL cholesterol | 8.89 | <0.01 | <0.01 | Triglycerides | 6.91 | <0.01 | <0.01 |
| Radiological | Number of ventricles inundated | 8.11 | <0.01 | <0.01 |
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