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Table 3 Characteristics of patients with and without IHI

From: Can ABCD2 score predict the need for in-hospital intervention in patients with transient ischemic attacks?

 

Patients with IHI (n = 12)

Patients without IHI (n = 109)

p value

Total ABCD2 score, mean (SD)

3.5 (1.4)

3.3 (1.5)

0.707

 Age ≥ 60 years old, n (%)

8 (67)

70 (64)

0.867

 SBP >140 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg, n (%)

7 (58)

68 (62)

0.785

 Unilateral weakness, n (%)

4 (33)

29 (27)

0.734

 Speech disturbance without weakness, n (%)

3 (25)

33 (30)

1.000

 Duration ≥ 60 min, n (%)

5 (42)

37 (34)

0.750

 10–59 min, n (%)

5 (42)

34 (31)

0.521

 Diabetes, n (%)

1 (8)

25 (23)

0.244

Infarcts on DWI, n (%)

4 (33)

10 (9)

0.033*

Demographic characteristics

 Age, years, mean (SD)

67 (13)

65 (15)

0.563

 Female sex, n (%)

3 (25)

64 (59)

0.033*

Medical history, n (%)

 Diabetes

1 (8)

24 (22)

0.456

 Hypertension

9 (75)

69 (63)

0.535

 Coronary artery disease

5 (42)

12 (11)

0.013*

 Hypercholesterolemia

9 (75)

50 (46)

0.071

 Prior stroke

3 (25)

12 (11)

0.170

 Smoking

3 (25)

20 (18)

0.697

  1. IHI in-hospital intervention, SD standard deviation, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, DWI diffusion-weighted imaging
  2. *A p < 0.05 was set for statistical significance