| High NTS urgency n = 770 (60.7%) | Low NTS urgency n = 499 (39.3%) | P-value |
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TIA/minor stroke | 276 (35.8) | 158 (31.7) | 0.125 |
Major ischaemic or haemorrhagic strokea | 149 (19.4) | 52 (10.4) | < 0.001 |
Other life threatening events (LTEs)b: | 45 (5.8) | 16 (3.2) | 0.032 |
 - Intracranial haemorrhagec | 17 (37.8) | 7 (43.8) | 0.674 |
Migraine: | 21 (2.7) | 21 (4.2) | 0.150 |
 - With aura | 9 (42.9) | 7 (33.3) | 0.525 |
Epilepsy | 17 (2.2) | 6 (1.2) | 0.190 |
Syncope | 18 (2.3) | 12 (2.4) | 0.939 |
Brain tumor | 13 (1.7) | 2 (0.4) | 0.059^ |
Peripheral vestibular syndromes: | 22 (2.9) | 42 (8.4) | < 0.001 |
 - Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo | 10 (45.5) | 11 (26.2) | 0.119 |
 - Meniere disease | 1 (4.5) | 1 (2.4) | 0.999^ |
 - Vestibular neuritis | 0 (0.0) | 5 (11.9) | 0.155^ |
Peripheral nerve problem: | 75 (9.7) | 47 (9.4) | 0.850 |
 - Bell’s palsy | 22 (29.3) | 13 (27.7) | 0.842 |
 - Facial nerve palsy other than Bell’s palsy | 53 (70.7) | 34 (72.3) | 0.842 |
Psychogenic syndromes | 27 (3.5) | 26 (5.2) | 0.138 |
Other non-urgent diagnosesd | 107 (13.9) | 117 (23.4) | < 0.001 |