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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of non-remitters and remitters of poststroke fatigue

From: Subcortical white matter infarcts predict 1-year outcome of fatigue in stroke

 

Non-remitters

Remitters

 
 

N = 50

N = 47

 
 

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

p

Age

62.7 ± 9.9

64.4 ± 10.1

0.421a

Female

30 (60.0)

21 (44.7)

0.131b

Education (years)

5.6 ± 4.1

6.4 ± 4.8

0.389a

Hypertension

36 (72.0)

32 (68.1)

0.674b

Diabetes mellitus

19 (38.0)

11 (23.4)

0.120b

Hyperlipidemia

30 (60)

24 (55.1)

0.376b

Previous stroke

8 (16.0)

4 (8.5)

0.263b

NIHSS total score

4.1 ± 2.2

3.7 ± 3.5

0.464a

Barthel index

19.1 ± 2.4

19.0 ± 2.7

0.783a

Mini-mental state examination score

27.0 ± 2.4

27.8 ± 2.6

0.134a

Geriatric depression scale score

7.6 ± 4.4

4.9 ± 3.9

0.002a

Fatigue severity scale score

5.1 ± 0.6

5.0 ± 1.1

0.564a

Presence of pain

31 (63.3)

13 (27.7)

0.001b

Presence of insomnia

39 (79.6)

26 (55.3)

0.011b

Recurrent stroke

2 (4.0)

1 (2.1)

1.000C

  1. NIHSS indicates National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.
  2. at test; bChi-square test; CFisher’s exact test.