Research Article
Thrombin Generation in Acute Ischaemic Stroke
Table 2
Baseline characteristics in ischaemic stroke subgroup.
| | Category | Noncardioembolic () | Cardioembolic () | value |
| | Age, mean (SD) | | | 0.75 | | Male, (%) | 73 (57.5) | 18 (46.2) | 0.84 | | Ethnicity | | | | | Caucasians, (%) | 80 (78.4) | 29 (74.4) | 0.18 | | African-Caribbean, (%) | 32 (31.4) | 10 (25.6) | 0.20 | | Risk factors | | | | | Diabetes mellitus, (%) | 27 (31.3) | 6 (15.4) | 0.06 | | Hypertension, (%) | 66 (64.7) | 19 (48.7) | 0.006 | | Smoking, (%) | 20 (19.6) | 6 (15.4) | 0.20 | | Dyslipidaemia, (%) | 23 (22.5) | 16 (41.0) | 0.004 | | Ischaemic heart disease, (%) | 23 (22.5) | 13 (33.3) | 0.02 | | Peripheral vascular disease, (%) | 3 (2.9) | 1 (2.5) | 0.4 | | Prestroke medications | | | | | Antiplatelets, (%) | 5 (4.9) | 2 (5.1) | 0.31 | | Statins, (%) | 19 (18.6) | 10 (25.6) | 0.16 | | Antihypertensives, (%) | 17 (16.7) | 29 (74.4) | 0.06 | | rtPA, (%) | 35 (34.3) | 12 (30.8) | 0.23 | | Body mass Index (kg/m2) | | | | | BMI-mean (SD), (%) | | | 0.63 | | Stroke severity | | | | | NIHSS- mean (SD) | | | 0.07 |
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