Baseline characteristics, stroke severity, vascular risk factors and prehospital medication according to diagnosis
| Feature | Mimics n=113 | Stroke n=479 | P value |
| Demographics | |||
| Age, median 25th–75th | 67 (52–78) | 74 (64–80) | <0.0001 |
| Women | 63 (55.8) | 192 (40.1) | 0.003 |
| Level of education | |||
| Basic | 37 (32.7) | 190 (39.7) | 0.02 |
| Further | 64 (56.6) | 205 (42.8) | |
| Higher | 12 (10.6) | 83 (17.3) | |
| Missing | 1 | ||
| Living arrangements | |||
| Living with someone | 74 (65.5) | 290 (60.5) | |
| Living alone | 39 (34.5) | 189 (39.5) | 0.33 |
| Scandinavian Stroke Scale | |||
| Mean | 55.1 | 50.9 | <0.0001 |
| Stroke severity* | |||
| Mild | 108 (95.6) | 406 (84.8) | 0.006 |
| Moderate | 5 (4.4) | 52 (10.9) | |
| Severe | 0 | 21 (4.4) | |
| Vascular risk factors | |||
| Hypertension | 46 (40.7) | 264 (55.1) | 0.006 |
| Diabetes | 18 (15.9) | 54 (11.3) | 0.17 |
| Atrial fibrillation | 20 (17.7) | 103 (21.5) | 0.37 |
| Hypercholesterolaemia | 41 (36.3) | 217 (45.3) | 0.08 |
| History of myocardial infarction | 13 (11.5) | 36 (7.52) | 0.17 |
| Claudication | 12 (10.6) | 40 (8.35) | 0.44 |
| Carotid stenosis | 7 (6.19) | 36 (7.52) | 0.63 |
| Heart failure | 6 (5.31) | 37 (7.72) | 0.37 |
| Sleep apnoea | 6 (5.31) | 36 (7.52) | 0.41 |
| Prior stroke | 28 (24.8) | 94 (19.6) | 0.22 |
| Smoking | |||
| Current | 23 (20.4) | 107 (22.3) | 0.8 |
| Former | 47 (41.6) | 205 (42.8) | |
| Never | 43 (38.1) | 167 (34.9) | ref |
| Prehospital medication | |||
| ≥1 | 63 (55.8) | 304 (63.5) | 0.12 |
| Treatment | |||
| Thrombolysis | 2 (1.77) | 57 (11.9) | 0.0012 |
| Thrombectomy | 0 (0.00) | 12 (2.51) | n/a |
Values are listed as n (%) unless noted otherwise.
*The Scandinavian Stroke Scale is converted into categories of mild (43–58), moderate (26–42) and severe (0–25) stroke.