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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants according to SAP

From: Association between fibrinogen levels and stroke-associated pneumonia in acute ischemic stroke patients

 

Non-SAP (980)

SAP (112)

P-value

Sex(male)

674 (68.78%)

73 (65.18%)

0.438

Age, years

61.36 ± 12.51

67.87 ± 14.37

< 0.001

Length of hospital stay, days

9.46 ± 5.11

12.35 ± 6.93

< 0.001

Fibrinogen, g/L

3.09 ± 0.81

3.43 ± 1.11

< 0.001

WBC, 10^9/L

8.24 ± 2.73

10.26 ± 4.04

< 0.001

Lymphocytes, 10^9/L

1.65 ± 0.69

1.25 ± 0.60

< 0.001

Neutrophils, 10^9/L

5.96 ± 2.66

8.30 ± 3.90

< 0.001

TG, mmol/L

1.75 ± 1.28

1.42 ± 0.90

0.013

HDL-C, mmol/L

1.09 ± 0.29

1.15 ± 0.36

0.049

LDL-C, mmol/L

3.11 ± 0.98

2.99 ± 1.20

0.254

TC, mmol/L

4.68 ± 1.12

4.51 ± 1.30

0.152

Blood glucose, mmol/L

8.43 ± 4.58

8.39 ± 4.38

0.922

Diabetes

357 (36.43%)

34 (30.36%)

0.204

Hypertension

824 (84.08%)

94 (83.93%)

0.967

Atrial fibrillation

52 (5.31%)

24 (21.43%)

< 0.001

Venous thrombolysis

133 (13.57%)

40 (35.71%)

< 0.001

  1. Notes Continuous data are shown as mean ± SD (normal distribution) or median (quartile) (skewed distribution). Categorical data are shown as n (%). Abbreviations WBC: White blood cells. TG: Triglyceride, TC: Total cholesterol, LDL-C: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, SAP: stroke-associated pneumonia