Baseline characteristics of ischaemic stroke/TIA patients cohort surviving 90 days postcerebrovascular event cohort (N=12 337)
| Characteristic | Mean (SD) or % |
| Sociodemographic | |
| Age | 69.05 (10.8) |
| Sex, male | 95.3 |
| Race | |
| White | 70.2 |
| Black | 24.5 |
| Asian | 0.7 |
| Other | 0.6 |
| Unknown | 4.0 |
| Hispanic | 7.5 |
| Systolic blood pressure groupings (mm Hg) | |
| ≤105 | 3.6 |
| 106 to ≤115 | 10.3 |
| 116 to ≤130 | 34.9 |
| 131 to ≤140 | 27.4 |
| > 140 | 23.7 |
| Index Cerebrovascular Event-Final Diagnosis | |
| Ischaemic stroke | 64.0 |
| TIA | 36.0 |
| FY of presentation | |
| FY2016 | 37.3 |
| FY2017 | 36.5 |
| FY2018 | 26.2 |
| Healthcare utilisation | |
| No of admissions in 1 year prior to presentation | 0.31 (0.78) |
| No of ED presentations in 1 year prior to presentation | 1.25 (2.12) |
| Length of hospitalisation stay (days) | 3.90 (7.12) |
| ED presentation of index event | 91.0 |
| Hospital admission of index event | 83.5 |
| Medical history* | |
| Ischaemic stroke | 56.7 |
| TIA | 26.0 |
| Hemiplegia | 34.3 |
| Hypertension | 79.0 |
| Hyperlipidaemia | 64.1 |
| Diabetes | 43.0 |
| Atrial fibrillation | 13.9 |
| Other arrhythmia | 11.0 |
| CHF | 11.9 |
| MI | 6.2 |
| CEA/carotid stent | 0.9 |
| PAD | 12.6 |
| OSA | 14.9 |
| Chronic kidney disease | 15.6 |
| Current smoker | 33.3 |
| Alcohol dependence | 9.7 |
| Dementia | 7.3 |
| Depression | 22.5 |
| Additional clinical indicators | |
| CCI | 2.20 (2.22) |
| Modified APACHE III score | 9.73 (6.36) |
| Concomitant illness within 1 day of cerebrovascular event presentation | |
| MI | 2.6 |
| CHF | 1.6 |
*Medical history variables identified by International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Edition Code.
APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; CCI, Charlson Comorbidity Index; CEA, carotid endarterectomy; CHF, congestive heart failure; ED, emergency department; FY, fiscal year; MI, myocardial infarction; OSA, obstructive sleep apnoea; PAD, peripheral arterial disease; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TIA, transient ischaemic attack; VA, Veterans Affairs.