Table 2.
Baseline characteristics.
| Mild stroke (NIHSS ≤4) | Severe stroke (NIHSS >4) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal CT scan | Abnormal CT scan | p-value | Normal CT scan | Abnormal CT scan | p-value | |
| Characteristic | ||||||
| Sex (male) | 26 (72.2%) | 34 (75.6%) | 0.734 | 18 (81.8%) | 74 (73.3%) | 0.403 |
| Age, years | 64 (55, 74) | 63 (57, 68) | 0.558 | 62 (57, 66) | 66 (62, 72) | 0.009 |
| BMI | 24 (23, 26) | 25 (24, 27) | 0.451 | 24 (22, 27) | 25 (22, 27) | 0.341 |
| Smoking, (n) | 21 (58.3%) | 27 (60%) | 0.879 | 11 (50%) | 56 (55.4%) | 0.642 |
| Water swallow test | 1 (1, 1) | 1 (1, 1) | 0.811 | 1 (1, 3) | 2 (1, 4) | 0.072 |
| Atrial fibrillation | 2 (5.6%) | 3 (6.7%) | 0.606 | 3 (13.6%) | 15 (14.9%) | 0.593 |
| Time stroke to CT, min | 170.5 (131, 214) | 216 (159, 264) | 0.011 | 188 (145, 283) | 220 (174, 288) | 0.275 |
| Medical history | ||||||
| Diabetes mellitus | 10 (27.8%) | 23 (51.1%) | 0.034 | 5 (22.7%) | 23 (22.8%) | 0.996 |
| Hypercholesteremia | 26 (72.2%) | 34 (75.6%) | 0.734 | 18 (81.8%) | 61 (60.4%) | 0.057 |
| Hypertension | 26 (72.2%) | 32 (71.1%) | 0.912 | 16 (72.7%) | 68 (67.3%) | 0.622 |
| Laboratory examination | ||||||
| WBC | 6.4 (5.2, 8.3) | 7.1 (6.0, 8.2) | 0.204 | 7.3 (6.1, 9.3) | 8.2 (6.5, 10.3) | 0.173 |
| Neutrophils | 3.9 (3.0, 5.5) | 4.4 (3.8, 5.7) | 0.1 | 4.9 (4.6, 6.9) | 6.3 (4.7, 8.3) | 0.123 |
| NEUT% | 61.3% (56.7, 72.1%) | 64.8% (60.4, 73.6%) | 0.139 | 69.7% (65.3, 78.9%) | 76.2% (69.0, 83.3%) | 0.061 |
| The outcome of stroke | ||||||
| >30% | 32 (88.9%) | 31 (73.3%) | 0.031 | 20 (90.9%) | 62 (61.4%) | 0.008 |
| ≤30% | 4 (11.1%) | 14 (26.7%) | 2 (9.1%) | 39 (38.6%) | ||