The Impact of Ischaemic Stroke Subtype on 30-day Hospital Readmissions

Table 3

Age, sex, modified Rankin Scale score, length of stay and risk factor burden by stroke subtype.

	LAA; N=244	CE; N=605	SVO; N=205	SOE; N=32	SUE; N=788	P
Age (years), median (IQR)	75 (66, 82)	79 (68, 86)	69 (60, 80)	47 (38, 56)	74 (64, 83)	<0.001
Male sex, N (%)	159 (65.2)	318 (52.6)	123 (60.0)	21 (65.6)	415 (52.7)	0.002
mRS score, median (IQR)	2 (0, 3)	2 (1, 4)	2 (1, 3)	1 (0, 2)	1 (0, 3)	<0.001
Length of stay (days)	5 (3, 9)	6 (3, 10)	6 (3, 10)	8 (5, 12)	6 (3, 9)	0.029
Risk factor burden, N (%)						<0.001
0	34 (13.9)	168 (27.8)	55 (26.8)	15 (46.9)	235 (29.8)
1	83 (34.0)	234 (38.7)	86 (42.0)	17 (53.1)	289 (36.7)
2	70 (28.7)	142 (23.5)	42 (20.5)	0 (0.0)	176 (22.3)
≥3	57 (23.4)	61 (10.1)	22 (10.7)	0 (0.0)	88 (11.2)

IQR: interquartile range, mRS: modified Rankin Scale.