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Table 1 Baseline characteristics for the stroke patients

From: Recognition of visual symptoms in stroke: a challenge to patients, bystanders, and Emergency Medical Services

 

Time from symptom onset to hospitalization (h)

Characteristics

 < 4.5 (n = 178)

 > 4.5(n = 112)

Total (n = 290)

p-value

Age, years ± SD

66.3 ± 14.6

69.1 ± 13.5

67.4 ± 14.2

0.11

  < 60 (n = 76)

48.5 ± 9.3 (n = 53)

49.4 ± 10.5 (n = 23)

48.7 ± 9.6

0.69

 60–80 (n = 168)

70.5 ± 5.6 (n = 98)

70.6 ± 5.5 (n = 70)

70.6 ± 5.6

0.91

  > 80 (n = 46)

86.2 ± 5.0 (n = 27)

87.2 ± 5.1 (n = 19)

86.6 ± 5.0

0.53

Gender, n (%)

 Female

72 (40.4)

55 (49.1)

127

-

 Male

106 (59.6)

57 (50.9)

163

0.145

Previous stroke, n (%)

 No

149 (83.7)

87 (77.7)

236

-

 Yes

29 (16.3)

25 (22.3)

54

0.199

Stroke subtype, n (%)

 Ischemic

81 (45.5)

70 (62.5)

151

0.005

 Hemorrhagic

13 (7.3)

4 (3.6)

17

0.188

 TIA

83 (46.6)

37 (33.0)

120

0.022

 Missinga

1 (0.6)

1 (0.9)

2

-

Thrombolysis, n (%)

 No

142 (79.8)

112 (100.0)

254

-

 Yes

36 (20.2)

0 (0.0)

36

 < 0.0001

  1. aStroke subtype missing from DANSTROKE