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Table 1 Comparison of socio-demographic characteristics between patients with and without implant

From: Detection of arrhythmia using an implantable cardiac monitor following a cryptogenic stroke: a single-center observational study

Characteristics

Patients with implant n = 88

Patients without implant n = 14

P-value

Age (years), median (range)

66.5 (30–89)

68.5 (47–82)

0.556

Gender, n (%)

  

0.214

 Male

54 (61.4)

11 (78.6)

 

 Female

34 (38.6)

3 (21.4)

 

Event, n (%)

  

0.240

 Stroke

80 (90.9)

14 (100)

 

 Transient ischemic attack

8 (9.1)

0

 

Body mass index (kg/m2), median (range)

27 (19–49)

28 (20–34)

0.995

Comorbidity, n (%)

   

 Hypertension

59 (67.0)

10 (71.4)

0.745

 Diabetes mellitus

20 (22.7)

2 (14.3)

0.476

 Vasculopathy

19 (21.6)

1 (7.1)

0.206

 Heart failure

3 (3.4)

0

0.483

CHA2DS2-VASc score, median (range)

4 (2–7)

4.5 (2–7)

0.870

 Score 2, n (%)

7 (8.0)

2 (14.3)

 

 Score 3, n (%)

20 (22.7)

3 (21.4)

 

 Score 4, n (%)

19 (21.6)

2 (14.3)

 

 Score 5, n (%)

22 (25.0)

2 (14.3)

 

 Score 6, n (%)

11 (12.5)

3 (21.4)

 

 Score 7, n (%)

9 (10.2)

2 (14.3)

 

Extrasystole, n (%)

64 (72.7)

0

 

Number of drugs, median (range)

4 (1–14)

5 (2–10)

0.709

Smocking status, n (%)

  

0.069

 Nonsmoker

49 (55.7)

8 (57.1)

 

 Smoker

25 (28.4)

1 (7.1)

 

 Ex-smoker

12 (13.6)

3 (21.4)

 

 No indication

2 (2.3)

2 (14.3)