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Table 2 Presenting symptoms of acute and non-acute patients in pre-HEINTS and HEINTS groups
| non-acute | acute | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pre-HEINTS (N = 114) | HEINTS (N = 115) | p value | pre-HEINTS (N = 181) | HEINTS (N = 185) | p value | |
| Presenting symptom, N (%) | ||||||
| ataxia/movement disorder | 0 | 5 | 0.060 | 0 | 5 | 0.061 |
| disorder of consciousness | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 12 | 13 | 1.000 |
| epileptic seizure | 22 | 24 | 0.767 | 26 | 9 | 0.002 |
| headache | 22 | 22 | 0.974 | 23 | 14 | 0.103 |
| other types of pain | 4 | 0 | 0.059 | 1 | 0 | 0.498 |
| motor deficit | 14 | 6 | 0.058 | 31 | 37 | 0.480 |
| confusion/amnesia | 1 | 5 | 0.213 | 9 | 7 | 0.618 |
| impaired vision | 4 | 3 | 0.722 | 9 | 10 | 1.000 |
| sensory deficit | 9 | 13 | 0.381 | 16 | 15 | 0.802 |
| Impaired speech/articulation/ | ||||||
| swallowing | 1 | 5 | 0.213 | 26 | 21 | 0.436 |
| vertigo | 28 | 19 | 0.132 | 13 | 50 | < 0.001 |
| other | 5 | 4 | 0.748 | 6 | 3 | 0.333 |
| non-neurological presenting symptom | 4 | 5 | 1.000 | 6 | 1 | 0.065 |
| no classification possible | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | n. a. |
