Ain-Shams Journal of Anesthesiology

Table 1 Baseline characters of the studied groups

From: Stress hyperglycemia as a prognostic factor in acute ischemic stroke patients: a prospective observational cohort study

			Groups		P value
			A (normal RBS) N = 40	B (high RBS) N = 40	P value
Gender	Female	N	19	22	0.654
	Female		47.5%	55%
	Male	N	21	18
	Male		52.5%	45%
Age (years)	Mean		56.3	66.8	< 0.001*
Age (years)	SD		6.5	3.3	< 0.001*
BMI kg/m²	Mean		23.8	23.5	0.420
BMI kg/m²	SD		1.5	1.6	0.420
NIHSS on admission	Median		2.5	34.0	< 0.001*
	IQR		2.0–9.0	26.0–39.5
	Mean rank		26.40	54.60
RBS on admission (mg/dl)	Mean		123.0	237.6	< 0.001*
RBS on admission (mg/dl)	SD		7.9	33.6	< 0.001*
RBS after 24 h (mg/dl)	Mean		127.6	250.6	< 0.001*
RBS after 24 h (mg/dl)	SD		8.8	53.0	< 0.001*

RBS random blood sugar, BMI body mass index, NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range
*Significant at p < 0.05

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