Total (n=1167) Mean±SD or N (%) | Urban (n=517) Mean±SD or N (%) | Rural (n=650) Mean±SD or N (%) | t/χ2 | P value | |
Age | 65.39±10.94 | 68.18±10.39 | 63.17±10.87 | 7.977 | <0.001 |
Gender | 1.014 | 0.307 | |||
Male Female | 721 (61.8) 446 (38.2) | 311 (60.2) 206 (30.8) | 410 (63.1) 240 (36.9) | ||
Time since stroke | 54.680 | <0.001 | |||
<1 year 1–3 years 4–7 years 8–10 years >10 years | 567 (48.6) 241 (20.7) 167 (14.3) 110 (9.4) 82 (7.0) | 190 (36.8) 123 (23.8) 92 (17.8) 66 (12.8) 46 (8.9) | 377 (58.0) 118 (18.2) 75 (11.5) 44 (6.8) 36 (5.5) | ||
Education | 25.044 | <0.001 | |||
<3 years 3–6 years 6–9 years 9–12 years >12 years | 117 (10.0) 355 (30.4) 372 (31.9) 230 (19.7) 93 (8.0) | 29 (5.6) 151 (29.2) 185 (35.8) 104 (20.1) 48 (9.3) | 88 (13.5) 204 (31.4) 187 (28.8) 126 (19.4) 45 (6.9) | ||
NIHSS* Score | 4.29±3.34 | 4.38±3.42 | 4.21±3.29 | 0.801 | 0.423 |
Type of stroke | 2.080 | 0.149 | |||
Ischaemic stroke Haemorrhagic stroke | 921 (78.9) 246 (21.1) | 418 (80.9) 99 (19.1) | 503 (76.8) 147 (23.2) |
*NIHSS: National institutes of Health Stroke Scale
t-test or χ 2 test was used to compare characteristics of stroke survivors in urban and rural settings.