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Table 3 Selected characteristics of stroke patients who were most often more than a 15 minute drive away from home on the day of stroke onset compared to those who were nearer to home

From: A retrospective cohort study of stroke onset: implications for characterizing short term effects from ambient air pollution

 

< 15 minute drive

(N = 283)

≥ 15 minute drive

(N = 52)

P

Characteristic

n

%

n

%

 

Age

     

< 65 years

74

26.1

31

59.6

< 0.001

65-74 years

57

20.1

9

17.3

 

75-84 years

84

29.7

4

7.7

 

≥ 85 years

68

24.0

8

15.4

 

Sex

     

Male

139

49.2

33

63.5

0.06

Female

144

50.8

19

36.5

 

Previous stroke

     

Yes

98

35.0

16

30.8

0.58

No

184

65.0

36

69.2

 

Stroke subtype

     

TIA

51

18.1

16

30.8

0.11

Ischemic

194

69.0

31

59.6

 

Hemorrhagic

36

12.8

5

9.6

 

CTAS

     

Resuscitation

3

1.1

0

0.0

0.84

Emergent

148

52.3

27

51.9

 

Urgent

129

45.6

24

46.2

 

Less urgent

3

1.1

1

2.0

 

Hypertension

     

Yes

213

75.5

27

51.4

0.001

No

69

24.5

25

48.1

 

Diabetes

     

Yes

62

22.0

10

19.2

0.66

No

220

78.0

42

80.8

 

Heart disease

     

Yes

90

31.9

10

19.2

0.07

No

192

68.1

42

80.8

 

Smoking status

     

≥ 15 cigarettes/day

26

9.3

6

11.5

0.16

< 15 cigarettes/day

41

14.6

12

23.1

 

Former

113

40.3

13

25.0

 

Never

100

35.7

21

40.4

 
  1. DOP = Day of presentation to the ED
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Environmental Health

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