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Article

Age Stratification in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients with Heart Failure

by
Camron Edrissi
1,
Chase Rathfoot
1,
Krista Knisely
1,
Carolyn Breauna Sanders
1,
Richard Goodwin
1,
Samuel I. Nathaniel
2 and
Thomas Nathaniel
1,*
1
School of Medicine-Greenville, University of South Carolina, Greenville, SC 29605, USA
2
Department of Biology, North Greenville University, Tigerville, SC 29688, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12(1), 38; https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12010038
Submission received: 14 October 2022 / Revised: 28 November 2022 / Accepted: 12 December 2022 / Published: 21 December 2022
(This article belongs to the Section Clinical Neurology)
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Abstract

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Background and Purpose. Heart failure (HF) is considered one of the major risk factors associated with the severity of acute ischemic stroke(AIS). The risk factors associated with stroke severity in AIS with a history of HF is not fully understood. Methods. A prospectively maintained database from comprehensive stroke centers in PRISMA Health Upstate Sc, was analyzed for patients with AIS and a history of HF from January 2010 to 30 June 2016. The primary outcome was risk factors associated with a National Institute of Health Stroke Scale score (NIHSS) < 7 indicating lower severity and a score ≥ 7 indicating high severity for 65–74 age category and ≥75 years age category for AIS-HF patients. Univariate analysis was used to determine risk factors based on age categories and stroke severities, while multivariable analysis was used to adjust for the effect of confounding variables. Results: A total 367 AIS-HF patients were identified in this study, 113 patients were between 65–74 years old, while 254 patients were in the ≥75 years old age category. In the adjusted analysis for 65–74 age category, history of smoking (OR = 0.105, 95% Confidence interval (CI): 0.018–0.614, p = 0.012), triglycerides (Odd ratio(OR) = 0.993, 95% (CI): 0.987–0.999, p = 0.019), and International Normalized Ratio (INR) (OR = 0.454, 95% CI: 0.196–1.050, p = 0.045), and direct admission treatment (OR = 0.355, 95% CI: 0.137–0.920, p = 0.033) were associated with a lower stroke severity, elevated heart rate (OR = 1.032, 95% CI: 1.009–1.057, p = 0.007) was associated with a higher stroke severity. For the ≥75 years old age category, previous stroke (OR = 2.297, 95% CI: 1.171–9.852, p = 0.024), peripheral vascular disease (OR = 6.784, 95% CI: 1.242–37.065, p = 0.027), heart rate (OR = 1.035, 95% CI: 1.008–1.063, p = 0.012), and systolic blood pressure (OR = 1.023, 95% CI: 1.005–1.041, p = 0.012) were associated with a higher severe stroke severity. Conclusions: After adjusting for the effect of potential confounders, more risk factors were associated with a high severity of stroke among ≥75 years old compared with 65–74 years old AIS-HF patients. Elevated heart rate was an independent risk factor associated with stroke severity in 65–74 and ≥75 years old AIS-HF patients. Elevated heart rate and other identified risk factors should be managed to reduce stroke severity among elderly AIS-HF patients.

1. Introduction

Stroke is regarded as a disease of the elderly, considering that the incidence of stroke dramatically increases with age [1]. Furthermore, increased age is associated with poorer stroke outcomes [2]. Elderly patients are more likely to be discharged to a nursing institution rather than to return home and are more likely to be severely disabled three months following a stroke when compared to younger populations [2]. These findings are particularly pronounced in populations over 75 years of age, with a 2.5 times greater mortality rate than younger patients below age 75 [3].
More than 85% of all strokes occur in populations over 65 years old, while 72% occur in those ≥75 years [4]. Patients <65 years are reported to present with less severe stroke and better outcomes when compared to ≥75 years of age group [5,6]. This finding suggests that specific age-related risk factors may differentially contribute to stroke severity in patients 65 and 74 years old when compared with those ≥75 years.
Some stroke risk factors, including diabetes, hypertension, atrial fibrillation, coronary and peripheral artery disease, and heart failure, increase with age [3]. While the effect of the risk factors is not of the same magnitude in predicting the occurrence of stroke across all age groups, the severity of stroke conferred by the different risk factors often clusters among older adults, especially the ones with heart failure (HF) and significantly contribute to the severity of stroke [7].
Heart failure is a leading cause of morbidity, hospitalization, and mortality in older adults [8]. Most patients with HF are elderly, and HF is the most common diagnosis in elderly hospitalized patients [9,10,11]. HF is a risk factor for AIS, indicating that HF and stroke coexist and share common risk factors [12]. The risk of AIS is two to three times higher in patients with HF than in those without [13]. Therefore, stroke severity is expected to be higher in AIS-HF patients compared with AIS patients without HF. However, how HF and other risk factors contribute to stroke severity in older patients is not fully understood. This is because most studies regarding stroke in the elderly population did not differentiate between risk factors associated with 65–74 years old patients where the stroke is reported to be less severe compared with ≥75 where stroke severity is higher [5,6].
According to National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) scores, stroke severity is categorized into mild (NIHSS score: ≤7), moderate (NIHSS score: 8–16), and severe (NIHSS score: ≥17) [14]. The probability of higher stroke severity is reported to be greater in patients with a score of >7 (more than 60.0%) than with a score of ≤7 (14.8%) [15]. A sharp difference and a lower severity was also observed at a threshold of ≤7 [16,17]. Therefore, understanding the risk factors contributing to stroke severity may help determine the characteristics of patients likely to show neurological changes during the first 48 h after the onset of AIS, especially in the older patient population.
Despite abundant research focused on risk factors for incidents of AIS and HF, the data on risk factors on stroke severity in AIS-HF 65–74 years old patients and compared with ≥75 is not fully understood. The prevalence of stroke is higher in populations older than 65 years, and there is a greater likelihood of poorer outcomes in populations 75 years and older. Therefore, risk factors associated with stroke severity in AIS-HF 65–74 years old may differ from those ≥75 years old. Because of the greater likelihood of poorer outcomes in populations ≥75 years, we hypothesize that more risk factors may contribute to worse neurologic functions in AIS-HF ≥ 75 years old compared with the 65–74 age group.
Our first goal is to identify risk factors associated with initial stroke severity in an elderly AIS population with HF stratified by 65–74 and ≥75 age categories. Our second goal is to determine whether these risk factors are different between ≥75 and 65–74 years old AIS-HF population. Findings from this study may provide further insight into the understanding of risk factors associated with stroke severity in AIS-HF patients and aid in clinical decision-making by identifying risk factors that can be managed to improve the care of AIS-HF patients.

2. Materials and Methods

2.1. Study Population

This observational study uses data of AIS-HF patients extracted from the Prisma health Stroke registry of patients treated between January 2010 and January 2016 at a regional stroke center in the United States. The inclusion criteria for the study are AIS-HF patients between 65–74 years old and those >75 years, fulfilling the definition of ischemic stroke (an episode of neurological dysfunction caused by focal cerebral, spinal or retinal infarction). Patients with hemorrhagic stroke, neurological deficits following trauma, infection, inflammation, and demyelination were excluded. Data collected for risk factors included atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, carotid artery stenosis, depression, diabetes, drug and alcohol use, dyslipidemia, stroke family history, heart failure, hypertension, migraines, obesity, previous stroke, previous transient ischemic attack (TIA), prosthetic heart valve, peripheral vascular disease, chronic renal disease, sleep apnea, and smoking. Medication history variables included blood pressure-reducing medications, cholesterol reducers, diabetic medications, and anti-depressants. Lab value variables were collected, including total cholesterol, triglycerides (TGL), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL) lipids, blood glucose, serum creatinine, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure. Stroke severity at admission was documented using the National Institute of Health Stroke score(NIHSS) and stratified as ≤7 to indicate a less severity while >7 indicates patients with higher stroke severities.
Data on ambulation status before, during, and after admission was extracted. Changes in ambulatory status were determined. Changes in ambulation at different times during the entire clinical history: on admission, during admission, and after discharge were determined. Scoring of ambulatory data was performed in this fashion: 0 (not documented); 1: (patients not able to ambulate); 2: (able to ambulate with assistance) 3: (able to ambulate independently). Changes in ambulation was quantified by taking their score at discharge and subtracting their ambulation score on admission, with greater than zero being an improvement in ambulation.

2.2. Statistical Analysis

For the univariate analysis, we used the student′s t-test (independent, two-tailed) for continuous variables, while chi-squared test was used for discrete variables, and differences in proportions were determined. The results for the continuous analysis were presented as mean and standard deviation, while categorical variables′ results were presented as percentages. The univariate analysis was also performed to further stratify each age group (i.e., 65–74 and ≥75) into AIS-HF patients with NIHSS ≤ 7 versus NIHSS > 7 during admission.
Binary logistic regression models were built using the established predictors from the univariate analysis. Variables were cross tabulated to discard multicollinearity. In addition, we repeated the test for non-categorized continuous variables and separately performed the analysis to detect possible statistical bias. Factors with a p-value < 0.3 were chosen to identify independent predictors of higher NIHSS scores that were approaching significance and, theoretically, more likely to significantly contribute to the model. Moreover, it helps to minimize discrepancies due to non-comparable parameters.
The binary logistic regression analysis was then performed by backward selection method using significant predicted variables from the univariate analysis. The back selection method was chosen because it allows us to include all the initially selected risk factors that were approaching significance in the model and then systematically removed if they did not contribute to the overall significance of the model.
For each binary regression model, the dependent variable was the NIHSS score stratification. The primary independent variables were risk factors, laboratory values, and ambulation status stratified by age 65–74 and ≥75 years old. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) of outcome measures were obtained from this model with a significance of p < 0.05. The odds of AIS-HF patients presenting a higher stroke severity (NIH score > 7) were analyzed separately for the 65–74 years old and ≥75 years old. We then identified odds ratios of the identified independent variables that significantly predicted a lower or higher stroke severity. The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of the logistic regression model for both groups were analyzed using the correct classification percentage and area under the Receiver Operating Curve (ROC). The Hosmer-Lemeshow test and correlations determined multicollinearity and interactions among the independent variables. Statistical analyses were done using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences v 26.0 for Windows (SPSS, Chicago, IL, USA).

3. Results

Of the total 367 AIS-HF patients, 113 patients were between 65–74 years old, while 254 patients were ≥75 years old. Table 1 presents the risk factors of AIS patients stratified by age categories (65–74 years old vs. >75 years old). Table 1 presents risk factors of AIS-HF patients who are 65 to 74 versus ≥75 years old stratified by stroke severity. Among ≥75 years old AIS-HF patients, carotid artery stenosis, systolic and diastolic blood pressures, and rtPA were associated with a higher stroke severity (NIHSS > 7) on admission. In contrast, TGL and independent ambulation on admission or during discharge was associated with less stroke severity (NIHSS ≤ 7). For the 65–74 AIS-HF patients, peripheral vascular disease, systolic blood pressure, and rtPA were associated with higher stroke severity. In contrast, independent ambulation on admission and discharge was associated with lower stroke severities.
The result of the adjusted analysis for the AIS-HF population in the 65–74 and ≥75 age category is presented in Table 2. As shown in Table 2, peripheral vascular disease, heart rate, systolic blood pressure rate were associated with patients in the ≥75 age category, while history of smoking, serum creatinine and body mass index were associated with 65–74 age category. The predictive capability of the model was strong as shown by the AUC = 0.680, 0.633–0.727, p < 0.01).
Risk factors of AIS-HF population for the 65–74 years old age category is presented in Table 3. History of smoking, triglycerides, International Normalized Ratio (INR) and direct admission for treatment were associated with a lower stroke severity, while elevated heart rate was associated with a higher stroke severity.
The result of the adjusted analysis for the AIS-HF population in the ≥75 years old age category is presented in Table 4. Previous stroke, peripheral vascular disease, heart rate and systolic blood pressure were associated with a higher severe stroke severity.

4. Discussion

Age and HF are significant risk factors for AIS, and more than 70% of ischemic strokes occur in patients greater than 75 years old [18]. While many risk factors have been linked to AIS and HF, how the different risk factors contribute to stroke severities among AIS-HF patients in the elderly AIS-HF patients is not fully understood. In our adjusted analysis, we found that in the ≥75 years old AIS-HF patients, an elevated heart rate was associated with higher stroke severity. This finding was also observed in the adjusted analysis for the total AIS-HF population and the 65–74 age category of AIS-HF patients. Lower heart rates are associated with reduced hospitalizations and decreased mortality among HF patients [19,20]. Among older patients, optimal heart rate is reported to be between 70–76, and for every 10-point increase in heart rate, the risk of poor outcomes increases by 10% [19,21]. This increase is reported to be independent of β-blocker use [22] and associated with a decrease in cardiac perfusion to myocardium exacerbating dysfunction [23]. The explanation is that heart rate increases as a compensatory mechanism acutely during ischemic stroke, and this has been associated with poor neurologic outcomes and larger infarcts [24]. Moreover, lower heart rates are associated with better functional outcomes in stroke recovery [25]. In our current study, heart rate for 65–74 years old is 83.3–87.6 and 76.9–80.6 for ≥75 years AIS-HF patients and comparable to other studies in AIS patients with poor outcomes [24,26,27]. The link between elevated heart rate and the observed stroke severity in our AIS-HF patient population may be due to the compensatory rise in heart rate mechanisms and their inability to compensate. A similar explanation was provided for the poor neurologic outcomes observed in AIS with elevated heart rates [26,28].
We observed that in the 65–74 years old AIS-HF patients, a history of smoking, lower levels of TGLs, INR, and direct admission for treatment were associated with lower stroke severity. Our finding that lower INR was associated with a lower stroke severity has been reported by another study [29]. While the use of warfarin, the medication for controlling coagulation by itself, is not an absolute contraindication to recombinant tissue plasminogen activator(rtPA) administration; because of increased bleeding risk, an INR of >1.7 is a contraindication for the use of rtPA for AIS patient [30,31,32,33]. Nevertheless, stroke is reported to occur in patients on warfarin despite anticoagulation [34]. In addition, INR is also reported to be a good indicator of the likelihood of ischemia [35]. Therefore, optimizing a patient’s INR therapeutic range improves anticoagulation, prevents neurological deficits, and reduces stroke severity [36].
Although smoking is an apparent risk factor for AIS, some studies [31,37,38] have found an association between smokers that receive thrombolytics and improved clinical outcomes. The most common critique of studies that affirm the paradox is their small sample size [39], and most metanalyses find no association between smoking status and stroke severity [40,41]. The risk of stroke is reported to decrease after 2 to 4 years of smoking cessation and returns to the level of non-smoking status after five years of smoking cessation [25]. Smoking increases the risk of stroke in the short term by promoting thrombosis [42] and reducing cerebral blood flow via arterial vasoconstriction [43]. However, the thrombotic process can be reversible [44], and cerebral blood flow can significantly improve soon after quitting [25,39,45,46]. It is also possible that our AIS-HF population 65–74 with a previous smoking history showed a lower stroke severity returned to non-smoking status, and might have quit smoking for a significant period following the onset of AIS. Future studies on the effect of changes in smoking behavior (e.g., smoking cessation) and AIS-HF could help understand the relationship between smoking and stroke severity in 65–74 years old AIS-HF patients.
The few studies [47,48] that evaluated the association between serum TGLs and outcomes in AIS reported diverse associations, and lower total triglyceride levels were reported to be associated with a worse prognosis in AIS. While patients with end-stage heart failure are reported to present with low TGLs [49,50], a normal range of TGL is regarded to be too low for these patients [51,52]. Triglyceride levels have been shown to drop substantially during extreme stress as this is the metabolically active form of cholesterol [53]. Moreover, low levels of TGL lead to decreased ability to deal with oxidative stress and a loss of cell membrane integrity [54]. In our current study, higher total serum TGLs levels were associated with a reduced stroke severity among 65–74 years old AIS-HF patients even after adjustment for confounding variables. Our finding is supported by a previous study [55], where higher fasting TGL concentration was associated with better functional outcomes after stroke. The exact mechanisms behind the association of higher TGL and a reduced stroke severity in 65–74 years old AIS-HF patients need to be further explored, as this might be helpful for the treatment of AIS-HF patients.
Our finding that AIS-HF population 65–74 years old age category that were directed admitted for treatment were associated with a reduced stroke severity have been reported by other studies [56,57]. Direct admission is reported to decrease door-to-care and door-to-needle times to less than an hour in most AIS patients [58].Decreased times are associated with improved neurologic outcomes [59]. In elderly patients, direct admission leads to reduced mortality with direct admission and treatment within 90 min [57].
We observed that in the AIS-HF population of the ≥75 years old age category, previous stroke, peripheral vascular disease, heart rate, and systolic blood pressure were associated with severe stroke severity. A similar finding has previously been reported among older AIS patients by previous studies where a previous stroke history was reported to be an independent risk factor for poor prognosis of ischemic stroke [7,60]. In addition, the severity, mortality and disability rates of patients with a previous stroke history were significantly higher than that of first-ever stroke patients [60]. Moreover, poor neurologic outcomes has been reported in many patients with a previous of stroke [61,62,63,64]. This finding supports our current result of a higher stroke severity among AIS-HF patients in the ≥75 years category with a previous history of stroke. Furthermore, it emphasizes the importance of secondary prevention of ischemic stroke among AIS-HF patients.
We found that PVD was associated with higher stroke severity in the whole AIS population of 65–74 years and ≥75 years AIS-HF patients, and this was sustained in the AIS-HF patients in the ≥75 years category. PVD is a risk factor for all cardiovascular events, including stroke, and has been associated with increased mortality and poor outcomes in AIS patients [65]. While previous studies indicate that PVD is an independent predictor of poor outcomes in AIS patients [66,67], our current finding indicates that PVD is also associated with higher stroke severity in AIS-HF patients in the ≥75 years category. This finding suggests the role of PVD as an important predictor of stroke severity that needs to be sufficiently investigated in managing AIS-HF patients of all ages.
The association of systolic blood pressure (SB)P with a higher stroke severity was observed in our univariate analysis. Even after adjusting for confounding variables, the effect was sustained in the AIS-HF ≥ 75 years category. Elevated blood pressure (BP) is defined as systolic BP ≥ 140 mm Hg or diastolic BP ≥ 90 mm Hg [68], and high systolic BP is associated with unfavorable short-term functional status and long-term mortality in elderly patients [68]. In the current study, SBP values ranged between 147.98–156.56 mm Hg and were associated with higher stroke severity in the AIS-HF ≥ 75 years old category. It seems that elevated average SBP levels in our current study may reflect the stroke severity in AIS-HF ≥ 75 years population. Future studies on the effect of elevated SBP on short- and long-term higher stroke severity among elderly AIS-HF populations will be helpful in the development of management plans for the care of elderly AIS-HF populations.
Our study has several limitations. First, this is an observational study, which may generate biases. Second, this is a single-center study, which may limit the generalization of the results to other populations. Third, we did not have information on elevated SBP on short- and long-term stroke severities, and in our AIS-HF population, we analyzed data between 24–48 h of stroke onset. Fourth, data regarding long-term functional outcomes were unavailable; therefore, we could not analyze the effect of specific risk factors on long-term functional status and stroke severity. In addition, we do not have information about patients with a previous history of smoking that returned to being non-smokers and might have quit smoking. Therefore, we could not analyze the effect of changes in smoking behavior (e.g., smoking cessation) and AIS-HF to understand the relationship between smoking and stroke severity in elderly AIS-HF patients.

5. Conclusions

The present study revealed that in the AIS-HF population 65–74 years old, history of smoking, lower levels of triglycerides, INR, and direct admission for treatment were associated with a lower stroke severity, while heart rate was associated with a higher stroke severity. Whereas in the AIS-HF ≥ 75 years category, previous stroke, peripheral vascular disease, heart rate and systolic blood pressure were associated with a higher stroke severity.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, C.E. and T.N.; methodology, C.R.; validation, C.E., C.R., K.K., R.G., S.I.N. and T.N.; formal analysis, C.E.; investigation, C.R. and C.E.; resources, T.N.; data curation, S.I.N.; writing—original draft preparation, C.E.; writing—review and editing, C.B.S. and T.N.; visualization, S.I.N.; supervision, T.N.; funding acquisition, T.N. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

This research was funded by Fullerton Foundation grant number (19-02) and the APC was funded by Fullerton Foundation grant.

Institutional Review Board Statement

The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and approved by the Institutional Review Board of PRISMA Health Upstate SC, institutional review board of the Health institutional committee for ethics. Approval number;0052571, and approval date is 2022.

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable.

Data Availability Statement

The retrospective datasets are available by request from the corresponding author of this manuscript, respectively.

Acknowledgments

We thank the stroke unit for helping in the data collection.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Abbreviations

Adjusted OR-: Adjusted odd ratio; atrial fibrillation: A fib, HRT: Hormone Therapy; BMI: Body mass index; CHF: Congestive heart failure; CI: Confidence interval; IRB: Institutional Review Board. INR: International normalized ratio; LDL-C: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; rtPA: Recombinant tissue plasminogen; TC: Total cholesterol; TG: Triglyceride, AIS: Acute ischemic stroke; NIHSS: National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging; CT: Computer Tomography; MCA: middle cerebral artery; CAD: coronary artery disease; HRT: hormone replacement therapy; TIA: transient ischemic attack; PVD: Peripheral vascular disease; ROC: Receiver Operating Curve; INR: International Normalized Ratio; HRV: heart rate variability; TP: total power; VLF; LF: low frequency; HF: high frequency domains.

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Table 1. Risk factors of acute Ischemic stroke patients with heart failure in patients 65 to 74 versus ≥75 years old are stratified by stroke severity. Comparison of Demographics and Clinical Characteristics of Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients with Heart Failure in patients who are 65 to 75 versus greater than 75 years old to evaluate for Stroke Severity. The continuous variables are represented as Mean ± SD, while discrete data are shown as percentages.
Table 1. Risk factors of acute Ischemic stroke patients with heart failure in patients 65 to 74 versus ≥75 years old are stratified by stroke severity. Comparison of Demographics and Clinical Characteristics of Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients with Heart Failure in patients who are 65 to 75 versus greater than 75 years old to evaluate for Stroke Severity. The continuous variables are represented as Mean ± SD, while discrete data are shown as percentages.
65 to 74 Years Old Greater Than ≥75 Years Old
CharacteristicNIHSS ≤ 7NIHSS > 7 NIHSS ≤ 7NIHSS > 7
Number of patients6152p-value105149p-value
Age Group: No. (%)
<50 years000.748000.037 * a
50–5900 00
60–6930 (49.2)24 (46.2) 00
70–7931 (50.8)28 (53.8) 34 (32.4)31 (20.8)
>=8000 71 (67.6)118 (79.2)
Age Mean ± SD69.98 ± 3.1670.02 ± 3.320.95482.98 ± 4.9684.58 ± 5.450.018 * b
Race: No (%)
White45 (73.8)41 (78.8)0.79091 (86.7)127 (85.2)0.342
Black14 (23.0)10 (19.2) 14 (13.3)19 (12.8)
Other2 (3.3)1 (1.9) 03 (2.0)
BMI: Mean ± SD30.89 ± 8.1530.44 ± 9.410.78726.85 ± 6.0025.92 ± 6.010.232
Gender (%)
Female34 (55.7)65 (61.9)0.43524 (46.2)107 (71.8)<0.001 * a
Male27 (44.3)40 (38.1) 28 (53.8)42 (28.2)
Medical History: No. (%)
Atrial Fib26 (42.6)22 (42.3)0.97357 (54.3)93 (62.4)0.194
Coronary Artery Disease44 (72.1)28 (53.8)0.044 * a56 (53.3)81 (54.4)0.871
Carotid Artery Stenosis5 (8.2)5 (9.6)0.7915 (4.8)18 (12.1)0.045 * a
Depression11 (18.0)11 (21.2)0.67619 (18.1)24 (16.1)0.677
Diabetes32 (52.5)26 (50.0)0.79441 (39.0)64 (43.0)0.534
Drugs or Alcohol1 (1.6)2 (3.8)0.4671 (1.0)1 (0.7)0.803
Dyslipidemia42 (68.9)35 (67.3)0.86157 (54.3)87 (58.4)0.516
Stroke Family History7 (11.5)2 (3.8)0.1357 (6.7)3 (2.0)0.060
Heart Failure61 (100)52 (100) 105 (100)149 (100)
Sleep apnea1 (1.6)4 (7.7)0.1195 (4.8)5 (3.4)0.570
Hypertension53 (86.9)48 (92.3)0.35196 (91.4)126 (84.6)0.104
Migraine1 (1.6)0 (0)0.3541 (1.0)0 (0)0.233
Obesity28 (45.9)21 (40.4)0.55541 (39.0)44 (29.5)0.113
Previous Stroke20 (32.8)22 (42.3)0.29735 (33.3)43 (28.9)0.447
Previous TIA (>24 h)6 (9.8)5 (9.6)0.9699 (8.6)13 (8.7)0.966
Prosthetic Heart Valve1 (1.6)2 (3.8)0.4671 (1.0)4 (2.7)0.328
Peripheral Vascular Disease3 (4.9)12 (23.1)0.005 * a8 (7.6)14 (9.4)0.620
Chronic Renal Disease10 (16.4)6 (11.5)0.46122 (21.0)23 (15.4)0.257
Smoker11 (18.0)13 (25.0)0.3677 (6.7)3 (2.0)0.060
Medication History: No (%)
HTN medication50 (82.0)46 (88.5)0.33698 (93.3)135 (90.6)0.437
Cholesterol Reducer40 (65.6)32 (61.5)0.65762 (59.0)81 (54.4)0.459
Diabetic Medication25 (41.0)23 (44.2)0.72833 (31.4)37 (24.8)0.247
Antidepressant10 (16.4)10 (19.2)0.69417 (16.2)22 (14.8)0.756
Lab values: Mean ± SD
Total cholesterol159.92 ± 43.21164.49 ± 41.780.595150.56 ± 45.16156.35 ± 46.050.355
Triglycerides149.98 ± 188.98178.04 ± 189.470.463119.70 ± 73.82102 ± 46.120.050 * b
HDL41.60 ± 14.5740.60 ± 14.880.73641.37 ± 12.6643.22 ± 13.110.299
LDL94.52 ± 34.08100.74 ± 35.210.37486.84 ± 36.2393.73 ± 38.420.180
Lipids6.60 ± 1.696.66 ± 1.940.8576.25 ± 1.356.20 ± 1.310.771
Blood Glucose138.75 ± 64.03153.73 ± 73.650.268138.09 ± 57.06143.19 ± 59.800.497
Serum Creatinine1.52 ± 1.261.24 ± 0.610.1541.35 ± 0.561.29 ± 0.590.477
INR1.31 ± 0.531.19 ± 0.270.1771.33 ± 0.581.24 ± 0.380.194
Vital Signs: Mean ± SD
Heart Rate83.3 ± 16.7587.6 ± 22.670.26776.9 ± 16.4580.6 ± 16.970.084
Blood Pressure Systolic142.21 ± 24.86153.02 ± 30.870.042 * b147.98 ± 24.26156.56 ± 28.590.010 * b
Blood Pressure Diastolic81.15 ± 16.4883.90 ± 26.630.53774.60 ± 15.1579.92 ± 22.010.023 * b
Ambulation Status Prior to Event: No. (%)
Ambulate Independently53 (86.9)42 (80.8)0.43684 (80.0)100 (67.1)0.178
Ambulate with Assistance3 (4.9)1 (1.9) 10 (9.5)17 (11.4)
Unable to Ambulate4 (6.6)7 (13.3) 5 (4.8)14 (9.4)
Not Documented1 (1.6)2 (3.8) 6 (5.7)17 (11.4)
Ambulation Status on Admission: No. (%)
Ambulate Independently19 (31.1)1 (1.9)<0.001 * a18 (17.1)0 (0)<0.001 * a
Ambulate with Assistance26 (42.6)7 (13.5) 49 (46.7)15 (10.1)
Unable to Ambulate8 (13.1)37 (71.2) 17 (16.2)114 (76.5)
Not Documented8 (13.1)7 (13.5) 21 (20.0)20 (13.4)
Ambulation Status on Discharge: No. (%)
Ambulate Independently32 (52.5)7 (13.5)<0.001 * a30 (28.6)5 (3.4)<0.001 * a
Ambulate with Assistance24 (39.3)6 (11.5) 55 (52.4)44 (29.5)
Unable to Ambulate4 (6.6)30 (57.7) 17 (16.2)75 (50.3)
Not Documented1 (1.6)9 (17.3) 3 (2.9)25 (16.8)
rtPA Administration9 (14.8)19 (36.5)0.008 * a15 (14.3)41 (27.5)0.012 * a
Emergency Department54 (88.5)43 (82.7)0.37589 (84.8)134 (89.9)0.215
Direct Admission7 (11.5)9 (17.3) 16 (15.2)15 (10.1)
Improved Ambulation: No. (%)19 (31.7)12 (27.9)0.68233 (32.0)46 (36.8)0.452
Notes: a Pearson’s Chi-Squared test. b Student’s T test. * p-value < 0.05. BMI: Body Mass Index; HTN medication: Hypertensive medication; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; INR: international normalized ratio.
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Table 2. Factors associated with stroke severity in the AIS population of Patients with Heart Failure between 65–74 and ≥75 years old. Adjusted OR < 1 denotes factors that are associated with AIS-HF patients in the 65–74 years old category, while OR > 1 denotes factors that are associated with AIS-HF patients ≥75 years old. Hosmer-Lemeshow test (p = 252), Cox & Snell (R2 = 0.112). The overall classified percentage of 63.0% was applied to check for the fitness of the logistic regression model. * Indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05) with a 95% confidence interval.
Table 2. Factors associated with stroke severity in the AIS population of Patients with Heart Failure between 65–74 and ≥75 years old. Adjusted OR < 1 denotes factors that are associated with AIS-HF patients in the 65–74 years old category, while OR > 1 denotes factors that are associated with AIS-HF patients ≥75 years old. Hosmer-Lemeshow test (p = 252), Cox & Snell (R2 = 0.112). The overall classified percentage of 63.0% was applied to check for the fitness of the logistic regression model. * Indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05) with a 95% confidence interval.
95% C.I.
VariablesB ValueWaldOdds RatioLowerUpperp-Value
Drug and alcohol use1.0043.5752.730.9647.7310.059
Peripheral Vascular Disease1.1248.4043.0791.4396.5850.004 *
Smoking−0.8678.7870.4200.2370.7450.003 *
Serum Creatinine−0.3987.1340.6720.5020.9000.008 *
Heart Rate0.02210.7461.0221.0091.0350.001 *
Systolic Blood Pressure0.01311.5761.0141.0061.021<0.001 *
Body Mass Index−0.0324.8660.9690.9420.9960.027 *
Direct Admission−0.5162.7570.5970.3251.0980.097
Notes: Backward Stepwise model based on Likelihood Ratio was applied. Model assumptions were fulfilled. Multicollinearity and interactions among independent variables were checked and no significant interactions were found. Hosmer-Lemeshow test (p = 0.252), Cox & Snell (R2 = 0.112).
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Table 3. Factors associated with stroke severity in the AIS population of Patients with Heart Failure in the age category 65–74 years old. Adjusted OR < 1 denotes factors that are associated with a lower stroke severity (NIH Score ≤ 7), while OR > 1 denotes factors that are associated with a higher stroke severity (NIH Score > 7). Hosmer-Lemeshow test (p = 846), Cox & Snell (R2 = 0.229). The overall classified percentage of 70.2 % was applied to check for the fitness of the logistic regression model. * Indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05) with a 95% confidence interval.
Table 3. Factors associated with stroke severity in the AIS population of Patients with Heart Failure in the age category 65–74 years old. Adjusted OR < 1 denotes factors that are associated with a lower stroke severity (NIH Score ≤ 7), while OR > 1 denotes factors that are associated with a higher stroke severity (NIH Score > 7). Hosmer-Lemeshow test (p = 846), Cox & Snell (R2 = 0.229). The overall classified percentage of 70.2 % was applied to check for the fitness of the logistic regression model. * Indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05) with a 95% confidence interval.
95% C.I.
VariablesB ValueWaldOdds RatioLowerUpperp-Value
Gender−0.5992.8290.5490.2731.1040.093
Coronary Artery Stenosis1.2022.7533.3280.80413.7670.097
Smoking−2.2576.2570.1050.0180.6140.012 *
Triglycerides−0.0075.5480.9930.9870.9990.019 *
INR−0.7903.4080.4540.1961.0500.045 *
Heart Rate0.0317.2041.0321.0091.0570.007 *
Direct admission−1.0354.5420.3550.1370.9200.033 *
Notes: Backward Stepwise model based on Likelihood Ratio was applied. Model assumptions were fulfilled. Multicollinearity and interactions among independent variables were checked and no significant interactions were found. Hosmer-Lemeshow test (p = 0.348), Cox & Snell (R2 = 0.141). INR: international normalized ratio.
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Table 4. Factors associated with stroke severity in the AIS population of Patients with Heart Failure in the age category ≥75 years old. Adjusted OR<1 denotes factors that are associated with a lower stroke severity (NIH Score ≤ 7) while OR > 1 denotes factors that are associated with a higher stroke severity (NIH Score > 7). Hosmer-Lemeshow test (p = 0.348), Cox & Snell (R2 = 0.141). The overall classified percentage of 70.5 % was applied to check for the fitness of the logistic regression model. * Indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05) with a 95% confidence interval.
Table 4. Factors associated with stroke severity in the AIS population of Patients with Heart Failure in the age category ≥75 years old. Adjusted OR<1 denotes factors that are associated with a lower stroke severity (NIH Score ≤ 7) while OR > 1 denotes factors that are associated with a higher stroke severity (NIH Score > 7). Hosmer-Lemeshow test (p = 0.348), Cox & Snell (R2 = 0.141). The overall classified percentage of 70.5 % was applied to check for the fitness of the logistic regression model. * Indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05) with a 95% confidence interval.
95% C.I.
VariablesB ValueWaldOdds RatioLowerUpperp-Value
Previous Stroke1.2235.0652.2971.1719.8520.024 *
Peripheral Vascular Disease1.9152.5476.7841.24237.0650.027 *
Heart Rate0.0346.3461.0351.0081.0630.012 *
Systolic Blood Pressure0.0236.3821.0231.0051.0410.012 *
Notes: Backward Stepwise model based on Likelihood Ratio was applied. Model assumptions were fulfilled. Multicollinearity and interactions among independent variables were checked and no significant interactions were found. Hosmer-Lemeshow test (p = 0.846), Cox & Snell (R2 = 0.229).
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