Table 1:

Comparison of patient characteristics in those with good-versus-poor outcomes

mRS (0–2) (n = 23)mRS (3–6) (n = 32)P ValueAlive (n = 43)Dead (n = 12)P ValueASPECTS (>7) (n = 21)ASPECTS (≤7) (n = 39)P Value
Age (median) (yr)69 (41–85)73.5 (54–88).01469 (41–85)79 (66–88).00572 (52–83)73 (41–88).877
Female (%)2656.2.02637.266.6.10133.351.2.277
Hypertension (%)52.162.5.44460.450.51656.461.9.786
Diabetes mellitus (%)2628.1.86723.241.6.20533.325.6.560
Hyperlipidemia (%)60.846.8.30548.866.6.27461.951.2.587
Current or past smoker (%)269.3.14320.90.18114.220.5.731
Atrial fibrillation (%)34.334.7.97532.541.7.73342.835.8.781
Baseline NIHSS (median)13 (6–20)19 (6–27).00115 (6–27)21 (15–26).00112 (3–24)18 (6–27).003
OTT (median) (min)120 (61–255)140 (75–265).366140 (61–265)124 (77–200).683137 (61–250)140 (76–265).364
IV-tPA (%)60.971.9.56167.466.71.00069.266.71.000
IA-tPA/UK (%)136.2.6397.316.7.29811.78.31.000
Clot retrieval (%)26.121.9.71725.516.7.70923.123.81.000
rFTD (median) (sec)3.5 (0–7.5)5.75 (0–10).0014 (0–17)6.5 (3–20).0023.5 (0–6.5)5.5 (2–20).002
  • Note:—IA indicates intra-arterial; rFTD, relative filling delay time; UK, urokinase; OTT, onset to treatment time.