Table 1.
Baseline patient demographics and characteristics
| Age, y | 64 (mean) | |
| Sex | N (%) | |
| Male | 21 (52.5%) | |
| Female | 19 (47.5%) | |
| Race | N | |
| White | 13 | |
| Black | 16 | |
| Hispanic-white | 11 | |
| Hispanic-nonwhite | 0 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| History of stroke/TIA | N (%) | |
| TIA | 2 | |
| Infarct | 9 | |
| ICH | 0 | |
| NIHSS score (mean) | ||
| Admission | 6 | |
| 24 h | 4 | |
| Discharge/day 7 | 3 | |
| Time to presentation | ||
| Male | 523 min | |
| Female | 586 min | |
| Symptom onset to Rx | ||
| Mean | 12 h 32 min | |
| Median | 8 h 25 min | |
| Admission glucose | 153 (mean) | |
| Length of stay | 4.75 days | |
| Current antithrombotic use | N (%) | |
| Aspirin | 3 (7.5%) | |
| Clopidogrel | 1 (2.5%) | |
| Aggrenox | 2 (5.0%) | |
| Warfarin | 1 (2.5%) | |
| None | 33 (82.5%) | |
| Time to presentation, | N (%) | |
| 0-3 h | 7 (17.5%) | |
| 3 h 1 min-6 h | 11 (27.5%) | |
| 6 h 1 min-12 h | 7 (17.5%) | |
| 12 h 1 min-24 h | 15 (37.5%) | |
| Discharge disposition | N (%) | |
| Home | 26 (65.0%) | |
| Inpatient rehabilitation | 8 (20.0%) | |
| Skilled nursing facility | 2 (5.0%) | |
| Nursing home | 1 (2.5%) | |
| Other | 2 (5.0%) | |
| NIHSS score on presentation | N (%) | |
| 0 | 6 (15%) | |
| 1-5 | 18 (45%) | |
| 6-10 | 9 (22%) | |
| 11-15 | 4 (10%) | |
| 16-20 | 1 (3%) | |
| >20 | 2 (5%) | |
ICH, intracranial hemorrhage; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health stroke scale; Rx, prescription; TIA, transient ischemic attack.