Serum Uric Acid Is Associated with Poor Outcome in Black Africans in the Acute Phase of Stroke

Table 2

Baseline clinical profile of acute stroke patients.

Variables	Ischemic stroke	Hemorrhagic stroke	value
Age, mean ± SD	62.77 ± 13.32	55.81 ± 11.86	<0.001
Systolic blood pressure, mean ± SD	159.77 ± 30.532	178.92 ± 34.437	<0.001
Diastolic blood pressure, mean ± SD	95.32 ± 19.389	107.62 ± 22.138	<0.001
Pulse, mean ± SD	83.837 ± 18.7469	86.223 ± 20.3571	0.128
Temperature, mean ± SD	37.329 ± 0.8933	37.772 ± 3.5019	0.010
O2 saturation, mean ± SD	95.68 ± 4.764	94.69 ± 5.175	0.027
Height, mean ± SD	4.1672 ± 14.8528	4.0214 ± 13.8822	0.959
Weight, mean ± SD	81.8439 ± 19.052	86.8788 ± 18.989	0.181
Body mass index, mean ± SD	31.8915 ± 6.7657	30.3858 ± 5.6557	0.572
Glasgow Coma Score, mean ± SD	13.42 ± 2.531	11.46 ± 3.866	<0.001
NIHSS Score, mean ± SD	10.42 ± 7.837	16.51 ± 10.177	<0.001
Modified Rankin Score, mean ± SD	2.796 ± 1.5182	3.710 ± 1.3972	<0.001
Serum uric acid, mean ± SD	71.058 ± 25.3186	63.341 ± 22.1664	<0.001
White blood cell count, mean ± SD	7.3827 ± 4.68110	8.5558 ± 4.01643	0.001
Creatinine, mean ± SD	16.1565 ± 26.125	18.0011 ± 43.412	0.487
Urea, mean ± SD	0.5795 ± 1.162	0.6688 ± 1.825	0.435
CRP, mean ± SD	63.155 ± 72.766	74.624 ± 81.649	0.213
ESR, mean ± SD	45.30 ± 40.800	53.61 ± 40.736	0.193
Glycemia, mean ± SD	1.4891 ± 0.89088	1.4185 ± 0.74641	0.307
Glycated hemoglobin, mean ± SD	9.025 ± 10.285	6.802 ± 1.798	0.243
Total cholesterol, mean ± SD	1.9600 ± 0.02665	1.9700 ± 0.2608	0.245
Triglycerides, mean ± SD	1.4054 ± 0.21183	1.1185 ± 0.04916	0.390
HDL cholesterol, mean ± SD	0.4946 ± 0.25125	0.5187 ± 0.21349	0.245
LDL cholesterol, mean ± SD	1.2860 ± 0.51114	1.2941 ± 0.62535	0.864
Hematocrit, mean ± SD	38.478 ± 7.1100	40.460 ± 6.7768	0.001
Length of hospital stay (days)	8.400 ± 6.000	9.720 ± 9.260	0.053
Duration of follow-up (days)	55.330 ± 39.550	49.900 ± 40.861	0.100