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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Predictors of post-stroke body temperature elevation

Age, yrs. mean ± SD

77 ± 12.5

Women, N (%)

205 (51)

Smoking, N (%)

47 (12)

Anticoagulants at admission, N (%)

53 (13)

Antithrombotic therapy at admission, N (%)

145 (36)

Antipyretic drugs daily at admission, N (%)

91 (23)

Antipyretic drugs, when needed, at admission, N (%)

30 (8)

Antibiotics at admission, N (%)

17 (4)

Hypertension, N (%)

298 (75)

Diabetes, N (%)

90 (23)

Atrial fibrillation, N (%)

129 (32)

Hypercholesterolemia, N (%)

210 (53)

Previous stroke/TIA, N (%)

132 (33)

Malignancy, N (%)

40 (10)

Ischemic coronary heart disease/heart failure, N (%)

101 (25)

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/ other chronic lung disease, N (%)

41 (10)

Chronic inflammatory disease, N (%)

41 (10)

Chronic infection, N (%)

8 (2)

  1. SD standard deviation, TIA transient ischemic attack