Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Incidence, Prehospital Evaluation, and Presentation of Ischemic Stroke at a Nonurban Comprehensive Stroke Center

Table 1

Demographics of all patients and patients with a final diagnosis of stroke.

	All patients			Stroke patients
	2019 (pre-COVID-19)	2020 (COVID-19 era)	value	2019 (pre-COVID-19)	2020 (COVID-19 era)	value
Age (SD)	75.96 (13.2)	73.24 (17.3)	0.36	77.91 (12.6)	75.90 (18.9)	0.68
Female	(63.2%)	(56.9%)	0.56	56.5%	43.5%	0.55
Prior stroke/TIA				41.7%	58.3%	0.48
Hypertension				79.0%	76.5%	>0.99
Afib/flutter				15.8%	29.4%	0.43
CAD/prior MI				36.8%	17.6%	0.27
Carotid stenosis				0	0	>0.99
Diabetes mellitus				47.4%	11.8%	0.03
Tobacco abuse				15.8%	5.9%	0.61
Drug/alcohol abuse				10.5%	0%	0.49
Dyslipidemia				73.7%	58.8%	0.48
Family history of stroke				5.3%	23.5%	0.17

Demographic characteristics of patients pre- and post-COVID era presented as means and standard deviation for interval data and proportions for categorical data. Statistical significance for univariate between-group comparisons was calculated using Fisher’s exact test for categorical data and unpaired -tests for interval data.