Table 2.
Comparing patients with and without proximal cerebral arterial occlusion on CTA
| Characteristics | No proximal occlusion (n = 133) |
Proximal occlusion (n = 74) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (IQR) | 72 (60-80) | 76 (68-83) | 0.04 |
| Female | 46% | 39% | 0.4 |
| Transferred | 43% | 54% | 0.14 |
| NIHSS (IQR) | 4 (2-9) | 17 (9-21) | 0.0001 |
| Time (h) to presentation (IQR) | 4 (2.1-6) | 3.8 (1.8-5.6) | 0.3 |
| IV rtPA | 17% | 38% | 0.002 |
| Length of stay (days) (IQR) | 4 (3-7) | 6 (4-10) | 0.0001 |
| Neuroscience ICU stay | 35% | 85% | < 0.0001 |
| Any neurointervention | 2% | 26% | < 0.001 |
| Neurosurgical intervention | 2% | 5% | 0.2 |
| IA thrombolysis | 0% | 9% | 0.001 |
| Mechanical IA procedure | 0% | 19% | < 0.0001 |
| Outcome: | < 0.001 | ||
| Death | 6% | 30% | |
| Rehab | 45% | 61% | |
| Home | 49% | 9% | |
ICU, intensive care unit; IA, intra-arterial; IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation.