Table 3: Comparison of ischemic stroke patients in phase 1 and phase 2.

Phase 1 Phase 2 P
Age (years) 65.6 ± 11.7 66.8 ± 10.4 0.907
Male (%) 57.3 (235/410) 60.4 (415/687) 0.673
NIHSS 6.2 ± 4.3 5.9 ± 4.1 0.764
Infarction distribution (%)
    Anterior circulation 84.4 (346/410) 82.4 (566/687) 0.913
    Posterior circulation 14.9 (61/410) 17.0 (117/687) 0.704
    Anterior and posterior circulation 0.7 (3/410) 0.6 (4/687) 0.875
Incidence of fall (%) 0.98 (4/410) 0.14 (1/687) 0.048