Table 3

Clinical variables, biochemical parameters and neuroimaging values of patients classified according to the clinical outcome at 3 months

Outcome at 3 months
Good (242)Poor (411)P value
Age, years67.9±12.572.8±10.9<0.0001
Women, %45.543.10.568
Previous Rankin scale0 (0, 1)1 (0, 1)0.015
Latency time, min251.6±216.3221.1±203.50.113
Wake-up stroke, %5.45.41
Arterial hypertension, %69.471.30.657
Diabetes, %19.423.40.281
Smoking, %128.30.132
Enolism, %1415.60.651
Hyperlipidaemia, %4339.20.364
Peripheral arterial disease, %3.75.80.27
Atrial fibrillation, %14.926.50.001
Ischaemic heart disease, %711.90.059
Heart failure, %2.14.10.183
Previous antiaggregants, %14.916.30.658
Previous anticoagulants, %11.224.1<0.0001
Axillary temperature at admission, °C36.5±0.736.8±0.8<0.0001
Glucose, mg/dL128.2±45.7146.6±48.8<0.0001
Glycosylated haemoglobin, %5.8±0.95.9±1.00.286
Leucocytes, ×103/mL8.6±2.79.4±3.40.001
Haemoglobin, g/dL13.2±3.912.9±6.50.407
Platelets, ×103/mL210.9±75.8207.5±91.70.514
Fibrinogen, mg/dL436.2±89.6447.9±109.90.203
LDL cholesterol, mg/dL114.8±33.3106.9±36.40.032
HDL cholesterol, mg/dL37.4±16.839.4±22.10.346
Triglycerides, mg/dL104.3±50.1104.5±51.30.98
Sedimentation rate, mm25.0±17.631.2±24.10.001
Leukoaraiosis, %45.577.6<0.0001
Degree of leukoaraiosis<0.0001
 Grade I, %28.529
 Grade II, %15.834.5
 Grade III, %1.714.1
Basal volume ICH, mL25.6±20.849.0±41.2<0.0001
Location of the ICH0.458
 Lobar, %38.842.1
 Deep, %61.257.9
Ventricular/subarachnoid contamination, %13.621.90.01
NIHSS at admission10 [6, 14]16 [13, 20]<0.0001
Etiopathogenesis<0.0001
 Hypertensive, %56.249.1
 Amyloid, %11.211.7
 Antiplatelet drugs/anticoagulants, %11.624.3
 Indeterminate/others, %21.114.8
sTWEAK (cat) ≥5600 pg/mL, %18.741.7<0.0001
Early haematoma growth %21.133.30.001
  • HDL, High Density Lipoprotein; ICH, intracerebral haemorrhage; LDL, Low Density Lipoprotein; NIHSS, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; sTWEAK, soluble tumour necrosis factor-like weak inducer of apoptosis.