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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of CCPa population according to whether or not they had ICHb during follow-up (01/01/2013–31/12/2017)

From: Complex chronic patients as an emergent group with high risk of intracerebral haemorrhage: an observational cohort study

 

Total

Without ICHb

With ICH

p*

(N = 3594)

(N = 3433)

(N = 161)

Age

84.4 [11.5]

84.3 [11.6]

86.5 [8.7]

0.063

  < 80 years (n 840, 23.4%)

70.5 [9.5]

68.1 [11.4]

72.2 [8.8]

0.004

  ≥ 80 years (n 2754, 76.6%)

89.4 [5.5]

89.3 [5.4]

89.5 [5.5]

0.638

 Sex (women)

1985 (55.2)

1895 (55.2)

90 (55.9)

0.925

Cardiovascular risk factors

 Arterial hypertension

2707 (75.3)

2573 (74.9)

134 (83.2)

0.017

 Diabetes

1510 (42.0)

1452 (42.3)

58 (36.0)

0.115

 Hypercholesterolemia

1717 (47.8)

1628 (47.4)

89 (55.3)

0.051

Comorbidities

 Cardiovascular disease

1050 (29.2)

991 (28.9)

59 (36.6)

0.034

 Ischemic cardiopathy

634 (17.6)

601 (17.5)

33 (20.5)

0.331

 Ischemic stroke/Transient ischemic accident

275 (7.7)

259 (7.5)

16 (9.9)

0.264

 Peripheral artery disease

306 (8.5)

289 (8.4)

17 (10.6)

0.342

 Atrial fibrillation

998 (27.8)

947 (27.6)

51 (31.7)

0.257

 Heart failure

947 (26.3)

913 (26.6)

34 (21.1)

0.123

 Thromboembolism

294 (8.2)

281 (8.2)

13 (8.1)

0.960

 Chronic kidney disease

893 (24.8)

857 (25)

36 (22.4)

0.455

 Chronic liver disease

58 (1.6)

57 (1.7)

1 (0.6)

0.306

Other conditioning factors

 Institutionalized

271 (7.5)

262 (7.6)

9 (5.6)

0.338

 Record of previous falls

508 (14.1)

487 (14.2)

21 (13.0)

0.684

 Cognitive impairment or dementia

758 (21.1)

720 (21.0)

38 (23.6)

0.424

 Alcohol consumption

506 (14.1)

487 (14.2)

19 (11.8)

0.395

 Falls (background)

508 (14.3)

487 (14.1)

21(13.0)

0.395

 Bleeding predisposition

285 (7.9)

272 (7.9)

13 (8.1)

0.945

Clinical data

 Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

129.8 [16.2]

129.6 [16.5]

132.8 [13.4]

0.032

 Glycosylated haemoglobin A1c (%)

6.6 [2.9]

6.6 [3.0]

6.3 [1.4]

0.247

 Glomerular filtration rate (mL/min/1.73m2)

56.8 [23.6]

56.4 [23.7]

66.5 [20.9]

0.093

 CHA2DS2-VASC score**

4.6 [1.5]

4.6 [1.5]

4.3 [1.5]

0.669

 HAS-BLED score

3.5 [1.1]

3.3 [0.0]

3.5 [0.9]

0.029

 Barthel index

70.2 [28.7]

70.1 [28.9]

72.4 [23.7]

0.988

Medication

 Oral anticoagulant (VKAc o NOACd)

1050 (29.2)

996 (29.0)

54 (33.5)

0.217

 NOACd

106 (2.9)

103 (3.0)

3 (1.9)

0.405

 NSAIDe

2723 (75.8)

2611 (76.1)

112 (69.6)

0.060

 Antiplatelet drug

1920 (53.4)

1817 (52.9)

103 (64.0)

0.006

 Statin

2006 (55.8)

1921 (56.0)

85 (52.8)

0.430

 SSRIf

1252 (34.8)

1193 (34.8)

59 (36.6)

0.622

 PPIg

3144 (87.5)

3008 (87.6)

136 (84.5)

0.238

  1. Data are presented as number of patients (%) or mean [standard deviation] depending on the type of variable, whether qualitative or continuous, respectively. (*) The p-value corresponds to the contrast of differences in proportions for qualitative variables and the non-parametric test of the Mann-Whitney U. (**) CHA2DS2-VASC score only in patients with atrial fibrillation
  2. aCCP complex chronic patient, bICH intracerebral haemorrhage, cVKA vitamin K antagonists, dNOAC new oral anticoagulant, eNSAID non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, fSSRI selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, gPPI Proton pump inhibitor