Table 1:

Baseline characteristics between the 2 groupsa

Total (n = 114)UK Group (MT+UK+MT) (n = 45)Non-UK Group (MT+MT) (n = 69)P Value
Ageb75 (65–81)74 (63–81)75 (65–82).615
Male56 (49.1)21 (46.7)35 (50.7).672
Risk factor
 Hypertension59 (51.8)23 (51.1)36 (52.2).912
 Diabetes27 (23.7)12 (26.7)15 (21.7).545
 Dyslipidemia20 (17.5)10 (22.2)10 (14.5).289
 Smoking15 (13.2)7 (15.6)8 (11.6).541
 Coronary artery disease9 (7.9)3 (6.7)6 (8.7)1.000
 Atrial fibrillation72 (63.2)26 (57.8)46 (66.7).336
TOAST
 LAA0 (0.0)0 (0.0)0 (0.0)
 CA77 (67.5)29 (64.4)48 (69.6).568
 SUD19 (16.7)6 (13.3)13 (18.8).441
Cancer-related stroke17 (14.9)9 (20.0)8 (11.6).218
IV tPA29 (25.4)9 (20.0)20 (29.0).282
Admission NIHSSb15 (12–18)15 (10–18)15 (12–19).080
Baseline ASPECTSb8 (7–9)8 (7–9)8 (7–9).328
Occlusion site.182
 ICA42 (36.8)12 (26.7)30 (43.5)
 M145 (39.5)20 (44.4)25 (36.2)
 M227 (23.7)13 (28.9)14 (20.3)
  • Note:—TOAST indicates Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment31; LAA, large-artery atherosclerosis; CA, cardioembolism; SUD, stroke of undetermined etiology.

  • a Values in parentheses represent the number of patients (%).

  • b Data are median and numbers in parentheses are IQR.