Research Article

Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Predictors of Disability in a Cohort of Jordanian Patients with the First Ischemic Stroke

Table 3

Stroke categories and their frequency by sex.

TOAST categoryNumber (%)Mean age (SD)Mean LOS (SD)Median LOS (days)Sex
Male (%)Female (%)

Large-artery atherosclerosis31 (21.83%)70.7 (10.2)7.61 (±5.84)616 (21.05%)15 (22.72%)
Cardioembolism10 (7.04%)72.5 (7.91)4.20 (±1.47)44 (5.26%)6 (9.09%)
Small-vessel occlusion77 (54.22%)66.03 (10.84)4.72 (±5.42)347 (61.84%)30 (45.45%)
Other determined etiology9 (6.33%)52.33 (16.68)5.55 (±3.81)44 (5.26%)5 (7.57%)
Undetermined etiology15 (10.56%)65.13 (12.67)3.33 (±2.66)25 (6.57%)10 (15.15%)