Estimates and Predictors of Mortality, Stroke Recurrence, and Functional Dependency 1-Year after Ischemic Stroke: A Prospective Multicenter Longitudinal Cohort Study in Central Norway

Table 1

Baseline characteristics.

	Overall ()
Age (years), mean (SD) [min, max]	73.2 (11.6) [27, 97]
Sex, male	447 (56.3%)
Modified Rankin scale
Independent 0-2	663 (83.5%)
Dependent 3-4	127 (16.0%)
Missing	4 (0.5%)
Stroke characteristics
Stroke etiology
Small vessel occlusion	198 (24.9%)
Large artery atherosclerosis	146 (18.4%)
Cardioembolism	166 (20.9%)
Stroke of other determined etiology	64 (8.1%)
Stroke of undetermined etiology	220 (27.7%)
NIHSS day 1, mean (SD) [min, max]	3.57 (4.93) [0, 38]
Missing	53 (6.7%)
Cardiovascular risk factors and comorbidities
Coronary artery disease	167 (21.0%)
Hypertension	384 (48.4%)
Diabetes mellitus	141 (17.8%)
Hypercholesterolemia	290 (36.5%)
Smoking status
Current smoker	163 (20.5%)
Missing	2 (0.3%)
Charlson comorbidity burden
0—none	304 (38.3%)
1—low	184 (23.2%)
2-3—moderate	205 (25.8%)
4 or more—high	101 (12.7%)
Patient care parameters and medications at discharge
Length of hospital stay (days), mean (SD) [min, max]	6.45 (4.9) [0, 42]
Complications during hospital stay	154 (19.4%)
Thrombolytic therapy	170 (21.4%)
Antihypertensive at discharge	481 (60.6%)
Statins at discharge	661 (83.2%)
Antithrombotic therapy at discharge	767 (96.6%)

National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS).