Effects of Preexisting Psychotropic Medication Use on a Cohort of Patients with Ischemic Stroke Outcome

Table 2

Patient characteristics.

Characteristics	Prepsychotropic use ()	Non-PPMU (control +PoMU) ()	Unadjusted value
Gender, female	47 (68.1%)	95 (37.4%)	<0.001
Age	66 (57-76)	67 (58-78)	0.443
Admission NIHSS	3 (1-8.5)	3 (1-7)	0.352
MRS on index presentation	0 (0-2)	0 (0-0)	<0.001
IV tPA on index presentation	12 (17.4%)	62 (24.4%)	0.26
Thrombectomy	9 (13.0%)	25 (9.8%)	0.442
Decompressive craniectomy	1 (1.4%)	7 (2.8%)	0.536
Length of stay	4 (3-7.5)	4 (3-7)	0.731
Stroke volume (ml)	1.4 (1.0-7.0)	1.6 (1.0-13)	0.312
Discharge destination			0.343
Home	32 (46.4%)	115 (45.3%)
Acute rehab	26 (37.7%)	113 (44.5%)
Skilled nursing facility	11 (15.9%)	26 (10.2%)
Preexisting risk factors
HTN	51 (73.9%)	177 (69.7%)	0.494
Dyslipidemia	47 (68.1%)	155 (61.0%)	0.280
DM	23 (33.3%)	75 (29.5%)	0.542
History of TIA/stroke	23 (33.3%)	66 (26.0%)	0.226
Atrial fibrillation	8 (11.6%)	49 (19.3%)	0.137
CAD	16 (23.2%)	54 (21.3%)	0.730
PVD	14 (20.3%)	46 (18.1%)	0.680
Preadmission medications
Statins	42 (60.9%)	121 (47.6%)	0.051
Antihypertensives	47 (68.1%)	156 (61.4%)	0.307
Antidiabetics	17 (24.6%)	58 (22.8%)	0.753
Antiplatelet	31 (44.9%)	122 (48.0%)	0.647
Anticoagulation	5 (7.2%)	18 (7.1%)	0.964
Lesion side			0.756
Right	31 (44.9%)	12 (44.1%)
Left	30 (43.5%)	103 (40.6%)
Both	7 (10.1%)	29 (11.4%)
Lesion circulation			0.001
Anterior	46 (66.7%)	143 (56.3%)
Posterior	13 (18.8%)	95 (37.4%)
Both	9 (13.0%)	7 (2.8%)
Hemorrhagic conversion	6 (8.7%)	22 (8.7%)	0.993

Data are median (IQ range) and n (%).