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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of pre-queue and post-queue cohorts

From: Reducing time-to-unit among patients referred to an outpatient stroke assessment unit with a novel triage process: a prospective cohort study

 

Pre-queue cohort (May 2013–Oct 2014)

Post-queue cohort (Nov 2014–Apr 2016)

p*

N

1992

2465

 

Patient Age, mean (sd)

70.54 (13.17)

70.31 (13.88)

0.561

Male, N (%)

1013 (50.9)

1218 (49.4)

0.354

Diagnosis of TIA, N (%)

1302 (65.4)

1429 (58.0)

< 0.001

CTA Completed, N (%)

1154 (57.9)

1353 (54.9)

0.045

MRI Completed, N (%)

464 (23.3)

590 (23.9)

0.641

ABCD2, N (%)

 0

18 (0.9)

30 (1.2)

< 0.001

 1

102 (5.1)

195 (7.9)

 

 2

237 (11.9)

471 (19.1)

 

 3

386 (19.4)

526 (21.3)

 

 4

531 (26.7)

615 (24.9)

 

 5

396 (19.9)

377 (15.3)

 

 6

268 (13.5)

213 (8.6)

 

 7

54 (2.7)

38 (1.5)

 

Systolic BP, mean (sd)

146.12 (34.75)

147.01 (22.95)

0.310

Diastolic BP, mean (sd)

80.21 (17.65)

80.05 (11.34)

0.703

Hypertension, N (%)

1277 (64.1)

1439 (58.4)

< 0.001

Hyperlipidaemia, N (%)

902 (45.3)

974 (39.5)

< 0.001

Atrial Fibrillation, N (%)

249 (12.5)

337 (13.7)

0.269

Diabetes, N (%)

374 (18.8)

428 (17.4)

0.238

Smoking, N (%)

222 (11.1)

296 (12.0)

0.397

  1. *= t and chi-square homogeneity test p values