Recurrent Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke in Cameroon: A Case-Control Study

Table 3

Wilcoxon ranked sum comparison of quantitative variables between Cameroonian patients with recurrent stroke and those with a first-time stroke event.

Quantitative variable	Test statistic	value	Adjusted value
Clinical parameters
Age	−0.19	0.80	0.98
Abdominal circumference	9.14	<0.01	<0.01
Glasgow Coma Scale	1.22	0.09	0.98
Heart rate	3.87	<0.01	<0.01
Respiratory rate	12.30	<0.01	<0.01
Diastolic blood pressure	−2.05	<0.01	0.56
Systolic blood pressure	4.75	<0.01	<0.01
Laboratory workup
Blood glucose	5.17	<0.01	<0.01
Hemoglobin	12.20	<0.01	<0.01
Platelet count	8.48	<0.01	<0.01
HDL cholesterol	1.86	0.01	0.98
LDL cholesterol	8.89	<0.01	<0.01
Triglycerides	6.91	<0.01	<0.01
Radiological
Number of ventricles inundated	8.11	<0.01	<0.01