Patient Characteristics
TIA, stroke, Stroke, diabetes
STROKE, STROKE, HYPERTENSION, TIA, DIABETES
The median (IQR) National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score (range, 0-42, with a higher score indicating greater stroke severity) at admission was 5 (2-10). A total of 7457 participants (61.5%) had a medical history of hypertension, 3445 (28.4%) had a history of stroke or TIA, and 2401 (19.8%) had diabetes. The baseline characteristics between the intervention and control periods were generally similar except for a lower proportion of patients with a medical history of stroke or TIA (difference, −8.5%; 95% CI, −10.1% to −6.9%), patients with prior use of antiplatelet agents (difference, −5.0%; 95% CI, −6.4% to −3.6%) and statins (difference, −5.6%; 95% CI, −6.9% to −4.3%), and patients recruited from hospitals located in Eastern China (difference, −7.6%; 95% CI, −9.3% to −5.8%) in the former group (