Research Article
Cohort Profile: A Prospective Study of Gut Microbiota in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke
Table 3
Distribution of selected baseline characteristics in the AIS cohort.
| | Variables | Ischemic stroke samples | Patients with fecal samples |
| | N | 507 | 395 | | Sociodemographic factors | | | | Male | 327 (64.5) | 257 (64.9) | | Age (years) | | | | Marriage, married and living with a spouse | 418 (82.4) | 331 (84.7) | | Education | | | | Illiterate | 115 (23.3) | 81 (21.0) | | Elementary school | 196 (39.7) | 162 (42.0) | | Middle school | 129 (26.1) | 99 (25.6) | | High school and above | 54 (10.9) | 44 (11.4) | | Health-related behaviors | | | | Smoking, current | 180 (35.5) | 139 (35.3) | | Drinking, current | 158 (31.2) | 120 (30.5) | | History of disease | | | | Hypertension | 372 (73.4) | 286 (72.6) | | Diabetes mellitus | 176(34.8) | 142 (36.1) | | CVD, history | 112 (22.1) | 83 (21.1) | | Stroke severity, median (IQR) | | | | NIHSS | 2 (1-4) | 2 (1-4) | | mRS | 1 (0-2) | 1 (0-2) |
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CVD: cardiovascular disease; NIHSS: National Institute of Health stroke scale; mRS: modified Rankin’s scale.
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