Baseline characteristics
|
Stroke unit
N=604
|
General wards
N=453
|
P
|
Age, mean (SD)
|
69.1 (13)
|
71.0 (14)
|
0.023
|
Female sex
|
273 (45.3)
|
236(51)
|
0.069
|
Duration of symptoms;<1 hour
1 to 24 hours
|
235(39.4)
362(60.7)
|
190 (42.0)
262 (58.0)
|
0.3
|
TIA’s symptoms; Paresis
Aphasia
Dysarthria
|
178 (30.1)
106 (18)
92 (15.6)
|
100(21.8)
71 (15.6)
63 (13.8)
|
0.003
0.3
0.4
|
Medical history;
Hypertension
Diabetes mellitus
Hypercholesterolemia
Previous stroke
Atrial fibrillation
Antiplatelet therapy before TIA
|
470 (79.7)
145 (24.5)
329 (57.2)
171 (29.2)
104 (17.8)
256 (43.8)
|
339 (74.3)
98 (21.6)
211 (46.7)
122 (27.0)
71 (15.7)
195 (43.2)
|
0.042
0.2
0.001
0.4
0.3
0.8
|
TIA-Etiology (TOAST);
Cardioembolism
Large-artery atherosclerosis
Small-artery occlusion
Other determined etiology
Undetermined etiology
|
84 (18.0)*
70 (15.0)
55(11.8)
24(5.2)
233(50.0)*
|
42 (12.7)
57 (17.2)
28 (8.5)
11 (3.3)
193(58.3)
|
0.038
|
