Clinical phenotypes of patients with acute stroke: a secondary analysis

Abstract

Stroke is a leading cause of mortality worldwide and a major cause of disability having a high burden on patients, society, and caregiving systems. This study was conducted to investigate the presence of clusters of in-hospital patients with acute stroke based on demographic and clinical data. Cluster analysis reveals patterns in patient characteristics without requiring knowledge of a predefined patient category or assumptions about likely groupings within the data.

Keywords

• acute stroke
• phenotype
• functional recovery
• clustering
• barthel index