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Table 1 Patient characteristics, medical history, and principal diagnosis

From: The time course of subsequent hospitalizations and associated costs in survivors of an ischemic stroke in Canada

Item

Result

Age (mean ± standard deviation, years)

70.5 ± 9.9

Male

8,980 (48)*

Qualifying diagnosis in hospital

6,807 (36)

Medical History

 

   Atrial Fibrillation

1,812 (10)

   Angina

4,848 (26)

   Heart Failure

5,319 (28)

   Diabetes Mellitus

4,485 (24)

   Hypercholesterolemia

1,183 (6)

   Hypertension

12,597 (67)

   Ischemic Stroke

4,405 (24)

   Myocardial Infarction

2,209 (12)

   Transient Ischemic Attack

5,150 (28)

Identifying ICD-9 code

 

   436 (acute, but ill-defined cerebrovascular disease)

83.2%

   434.9 (occlusion of cerebral arteries, unspecified)

8.4%

   434 (occlusion of cerebral arteries)

3.2%

   433.1 (occlusion and stenosis of precerebral arteries, carotid artery)

1.8%

   434.1 (occlusion of cerebral arteries, cerebral embolism)

1.5%

   Other (362.3. 433.2–9)†

1.9%

  1. * number (%)
  2. †Retinal vascular occlusion, Occlusion and stenosis of precerebral arteries, vertebral artery, multiple and bilateral, other specified precerebral artery, unspecified precerebral artery (NOS)