Medical Acute Complications of Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Young Adults

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of young ICH patients treated in Helsinki University Central Hospital between January, 2000, and March, 2010 ().

Factor
Males	200 (59.5)
Age	42 (34–47)
Risk factors
Hypertension	99 (30.5)
Diabetes	28 (8.6)
Hematoma characteristics
Hematoma volume (mL)	11 (3–36)
Intraventricular hemorrhage	117 (36.0)
Infratentorial location	52 (16.0)
NIH Stroke Scale score at arrival	8 (2–19)
Etiology
Hypertensive microangiopathy	84 (25.8)
Structural	84 (25.8)
Other	52 (16.0)
Unknown	105 (32.3)
Hematoma evacuation	102 (31.4)
Highest plasma glucose (mmol/L)	8.1 (6.5–10.1)
Lowest plasma glucose (mmol/L)	5.5 (4.9–6.2)
Highest plasma sodium (mmol/L)	143 (141–147)
Lowest plasma sodium (mmol/L)	137 (134–139)
Highest plasma potassium (mmol/L)	4.3 (4.0–4.6)
Lowest plasma potassium (mmol/L)	3.5 (3.2–3.7)
Highest plasma creatinine (μmol/L)	75 (62–92)
Lowest plasma creatinine (μmol/L)	59 (47–74)

Data are (%) or median (interquartile range).