Bayés syndrome and acute cardioembolic ischemic stroke

Table 1 Demographic, cerebrovascular risk factors, neuroimaging and outcome in the first-ever cardioembolic stroke vs first-ever non-cardioembolic cerebral infarct population

Variable	Cardioembolic stroke n = 575	Non-cardioembolic cerebral infarct1 n = 1507	P value
Age, yr, mean (SD)	78.96 (9.39)	73.45 (12.8)	0.0001
Age strata, yr			0.0001
< 65	44 (7.6)	285 (18.9)
65-74	116 (20.2)	405 (26.9)
75-84	251 (43.7)	557 (37.0)
≥ 85	164 (28.5)	260 (17.3)
Sex			0.0001
Males	199 (34.6)	788 (52.3)
Females	373 (65.4)	719 (47.7)
Hypertension	291 (50.6)	835 (55.4)	0.049
Diabetes	103 (17.9)	368 (24.4)	0.002
Atrial fibrillation	433 (75.3)	176 (11.7)	0.0001
Heavy smoking (> 20 cigarettes/d)	23 (4.0)	184 (12.2)	0.0001
ACM vascular topography	391 (68.0)	703 (46.6)	0.0001
Echocardiography	363 (63.1)	598 (39.7)	0.0001
Symptom-free at discharge	82 (14.3)	300 (19.9)	0.003
In-hospital death	126 (21.9)	123 (8.2)	0.0001
Transfer to convalescent/rehabilitation units	89 (15.5)	154 (10.2)	0.001
Length of stay, days, median (interquartile range)	15 (10-24)	11 (8-19)	0.0001
Prolonged hospital stay > 12 d	330 (57.4)	650 (43.1)	0.0001

Data expressed as numbers and percentages in parenthesis.

¹Atherothrombotic, n = 565; lacunar, n = 566; essential, n = 280; unusual, n = 96.