Type 2 diabetes is associated with a worse functional outcome of ischemic stroke

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and those without

	Patients with T2DM (n = 155)	Patients without T2DM (n = 327)	P
Age (yr)	78.3 ± 6.3	79.1 ± 6.9	NS
Males (%)	38.7	41.0	NS
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	150 ± 24	146 ± 25	NS
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	81 ± 10	81 ± 14	NS
Hypertension (%)	88.4	78.6	0.013
Smoking (current/past, %)	12.9/22.6	11.6/20.5	NS
Package-years	17 ± 39	14 ± 33	NS
Atrial fibrillation (%)	38.7	34.6	NS
Alcohol consumption (units/wk)	0.7 ± 2.4	2.1 ± 11.7	0.045
Weight (kg)	77.0 ± 13.0	73.7 ± 13.8	0.04
Body mass index (kg/m2)	28.1 ± 5.2	27.2 ± 5.1	NS
Waist (cm)	110 ± 9	101 ± 13	< 0.001
Waist/hip	1.00 ± 0.06	0.97 ± 0.08	NS
Overweight/obese (%)	44.1/26.9	38.5/25.0	NS
Family history of cardiovascular disease (%)	14.8	15.0	NS
Coronary heart disease (%)	35.5	23.9	0.01
Previous ischemic stroke (%)	44.5	37.9	NS
Chronic kidney disease (%)	36.9	33.5	NS
Chronic heart failure (%)	26.5	16.5	0.015

T2DM: Type 2 diabetes mellitus; NS: Not significant.