Increased risk of ischemic stroke in patients with burn injury: a nationwide cohort study in Taiwan

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the burn injury group and the unexposed group

Variables, n (%)	Burn injury group		Unexposed group		P-value
Variables, n (%)	n = 1787		n = 741510		P-value
Male	1042	58.3	362518	48.9	<0.001
Mean age (SD)	46.6	17.4	42.6	16.4	<0.001
Socioeconomic status					<0.001
Low	867	48.5	312208	42.1
Moderate	740	41.4	292075	39.4
High	180	10.1	137167	18.5
Urbanization level					<0.001
Urban	867	48.5	221749	29.9
Suburban	740	41.4	341946	46.1
Rural	180	10.1	177755	24.0
Charlson Comorbidity Index					<0.001
0	1099	61.5	501427	67.6
1	412	23.1	147724	19.9
≥2	276	15.4	92299	12.4
Diabetes	191	10.7	50273	6.8	<0.001
Hypertension	298	16.7	106683	14.4	0.006
Coronary artery disease	140	7.8	42221	5.7	<0.001
Hyperlipidemia	176	9.9	64947	8.8	0.104
History of alcohol intoxication	40	2.2	5288	0.7	<0.001
Malignancies	23	1.3	11861	1.6	0.293
heart failure	20	1.1	4402	0.6	0.004
Atrial fibrillation	6	0.3	2430	0.3	0.953
Smoking	1	0.1	318	0.04	0.790
Peripheral artery disease	13	0.7	3898	0.5	0.239
Stroke	66	3.7	20496	2.8	0.017
Mean Propensity score (SD)	0.0069	0.0219	0.0024	0.0031	<0.001

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