Research Article
The Impact of Mild Stroke on Participation in Physical Fitness Activities
Table 1
Demographics, mean pre- and post-HDL activities, and mean % HDL activities retained, .
| | (%) | Mean HDL act. prestroke | Mean HDL act. poststroke | value | HDL act. % retained (post/pre) |
| NIHSS score: mean (SD), range | 2.39 (1.54), 0–5 | | | | | Age, years: mean (SD), range | 62.55 (13.51), 31–90 | | | | | 54 years or younger | 38 (30) | 7.47 | 5.18 | 0.000* | 69% | 55 to 69 years | 48 (38) | 4.75 | 3.47 | 0.000* | 73% | 70 years or older | 41 (32) | 3.27 | 1.91 | 0.000* | 58% | Gender | | | | | | Female | 65 (51) | 3.68 | 2.52 | 0.000* | 68% | Male | 62 (49) | 6.56 | 4.48 | 0.000* | 69% | Race | | | | | | Caucasian | 74 (58) | 5.18 | 3.78 | 0.000* | 72% | African American | 53 (42) | 4.96 | 3.06 | 0.000* | 64% | Education: mean no. of years (SD), range | 12.87 (2.88), 6–22 | | | | | High school or less | 68 (54) | 3.96 | 2.68 | 0.000* | 67% | More than high school | 59 (46) | 6.39 | 4.41 | 0.000* | 70% | Rehabilitation services poststroke | | | | | | None | 29 (23) | 5.79 | 4.03 | 0.000* | 70% | Limited | 60 (47) | 5.08 | 3.84 | 0.000* | 76% | Intensive | 33 (26) | 4.30 | 2.27 | 0.000* | 53% | Missing data | 5 (4) | | | | |
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*Differences between mean pre- and post-mild stroke HDL activity levels significant at after Bonferroni correction.
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