Table 1.
Descriptive statistics among the studied cases and comparison according to LAMS score.
| Variables | All Cases (N = 85) |
LAMS Score | p-Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–3 (N = 28) |
4–5 (N = 57) |
|||||
| Age (years), Mean ± SD | 68.6 ± 14.7 | 63.1 ± 14.23 | 71.02 ± 14.4 | ⌂ 0.02 * | ||
| Sex (n, %) |
Male | 40 (47.1%) | 13 (50%) | 27 (45.7%) | # 0.97 | |
| Female | 45 (52.9%) | 13 (50%) | 32 (54.23%) | |||
| Race (n, %) |
African | 44 (51.8%) | 14 (53.8%) | 30 (50.84%) | § 0.89 | |
| White/Caucasian | 36 (42.4%) | 10 (38.4%) | 26 (44.06%) | |||
| Others | 5 (5.9%) | 2 (7.6%) | 3 (5.08%) | |||
| Atrial Fibrillation, (n, %) | 28 (32.9%) | 6 (23.1%) | 22 (37.3%) | # 0.86 | ||
| Diabetes, (n, %) | 25 (29.4%) | 6 (23.1%) | 19 (32.2%) | # 0.87 | ||
| Dyslipidemia, (n, %) | 30 (35.3%) | 10 (38.5%) | 20 (33.9%) | # 0.12 | ||
| HTN, (n, %) | 60 (70.6%) | 14 (53.8%) | 46 (78.0%) | # 0.14 | ||
| Prior CVA, (n, %) | 17 (20.0%) | 4 (15.4%) | 13 (22.0%) | § 0.92 | ||
| CKD, (n, %) | 8 (9.4%) | 4 (15.4%) | 4 (6.8%) | § 0.13 | ||
| Smoking history, (n, %) | 16 (18.8%) | 4 (15.4%) | 12 (20.3%) | § 0.74 | ||
| CAD, (n, %) | 16 (18.8%) | 6 (23.1%) | 10 (16.9%) | § 0.83 | ||
| ASPECTS, Mean ± SD | 7.4 ± 2.5 | 7.8 ± 2.4 | 7.3 ± 2.6 | ⌂ 0.41 | ||
| Time parameters, minutes Median (IQR) | Last known well to door | 230 (70, 642) | 148 (74, 736) | 262 (70, 592) | ^ 0.98 | |
| Door to CT | 29 (18, 44) | 28 (18, 37) | 30 (21, 45) | ^ 0.35 | ||
| Last known well to CT | 274.5 (98, 683) | 198 (87, 796) | 302 (112, 635) | ^ 0.88 | ||
§ Fishers Exact test. # Chi square test. ⌂ Independent t-test. ^ Mann-Whitney U test. * Significant (0.050). LAMS = Los Angeles Motor Scale; HTN = hypertension; CVA = cerebrovascular accident; CKD = chronic kidney disease, CAD = coronary artery disease; CT = computed tomography; IQR = interquartile range.