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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 7.
Published in final edited form as: Stroke. 2009 Apr 16;40(6):2079–2084. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.540708

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Placebo and tPA-Treated Patients Stratified by 90-Minute Treatment Time-Windows

Variable Time Window, Minutes Placebo tPA
Age 0–90 66±12 68±11
91–180 66±12 67±11
181–270 66±11 65±12
271–360 65±12 66±11
Female 0–90 42.7% 38.5%
91–180 39.0% 41.1%
181–270 35.0% 42.8%
271–360 41.7% 40.7%
National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score 0–90 15 (10–19) 15 (10–20)
91–180 13 (9–19) 11.5 (7–18)*
181–270 12 (8–16) 11 (8–16)
271–360 10 (7–14) 10 (7–16)
Glucose, mg/dL 0–90 142±73 150±78
91–180 149±73 141±61
181–270 139±57 146±60
271–360 140±60 141±67
History of stroke 0–90 10.7% 9.9%
91–180 13.7% 15.6%
181–270 16.8% 15.6%
271–360 17.7% 18.2%
History of diabetes mellitus 0–90 16.7% 21.1%
91–180 20.0% 20.9%
181–270 17.8% 19.2%
271–360 19.9% 18.6%

Values are means and SD for age and glucose and medians and interquartile range for National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score.

*

P=0.009 (2-sided Mann–Whitney U test, normal approximation).