Table 2.
Left- vs Right-Hemispheric Strokes, Baseline and Post-Treatment Characteristics and Outcome
| Left hemisphere (n = 35) | Right hemisphere (n = 35) |
P value | Test | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, y, mean ± SD | 68.9 ± 18.0 | 65.3 ± 18.9 | 0.41 | Student's T |
| Female, no. (%) | 22 (62.9) | 16 (45.7) | 0.23 | Fisher's exact |
| Baseline NIHSS score, median (IQR) | 20 (17-22) | 16 (14-19) | 0.02 | Mann-Whitney |
| Admission Glucose, mean ± SD | 133.8 ± 35.9 | 151.1 ± 49.8 | 0.10 | Student's T |
| Admission SBP, mean ± SD | 148.6 ± 30.4 | 168.4 ± 31.3 | 0.009 | Student's T |
| Atrial fibrillation, no. (%) | 18 (51.4) | 14 (40) | 0.47 | Fisher's exact |
| Diabetes, no. (%) | 8 (22.9) | 10 (28.6) | 0.79 | Fisher's exact |
| IV tPA treatment, no. (%) | 12 (34.3) | 17 (48.6) | 0.33 | Fisher's exact |
| Time to imaginga, minutes, mean ± SD | 215.1 ± 142.8 | 176.2 ± 131.4 | 0.24 | Student's T |
| Baseline NCCT ASPECTS, median (IQR) | 8 (6-8.75) | 8 (6-9.75) | 0.22 | Mann-Whitney |
| Baseline CTA-SI ASPECTS, median (IQR) | 5 (2-7) | 5 (3-7) | 0.59 | Mann-Whitney |
| ICA:M1:M2, no. | 10:20:05 | 11:20:04 | 0.92 | Chi-square |
| Time to vessel openinga, minutes, mean ± SD | 420.0 ± 159.8 | 402.5 ± 148.1 | 0.63 | Student's T |
| Mori reperfusion score, median (IQR) | 2 (1-3) | 2 (1-3) | 0.44 | Mann-Whitney |
| Post-treatment hemorrhage, no. (%) | 17 (51.5)b | 22 (62.9) | 0.34 | Fisher's exact |
| Good 3-month outcome (mRS ≤ 2), no. (%) | 9 (25.7) | 10 (28.6) | 0.99 | Fisher's exact |
Abbreviations: NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; SBP, systolic blood pressure; IV tPA, intravenous tissue plasminogen activator; NCCT, noncontrast head CT; CTA-SI, CT angiographic source images; ASPECTS, Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score; ICA, internal carotid artery; M1, middle cerebral artery stem (M1 segment); M2, middle cerebral artery post-bifurcation segment (M2 segment); mRS, modified Rankin Scale score.
a Defined as time from stroke onset; b Denominator is 33 patients who had available follow-up imaging.