Table 2.

Correlation of laboratory data with infarct growth

Parameters		p* (infarct growth, ml)
Hb at baseline, g/dl	13.6 (2.2)	0.81
Hbmin until CT scan, g/dl	13.0 (2)	0.20
Hb decrease until CT scan, g/dl	0.8 (1.4)	0.02
Anemia at baseline	19 (19%)	0.20
Anemia until CT scan	40 (40%)	0.51
Hct at baseline, %	40 (6)	0.59
Hctmin until CT scan, %	38 (5)	0.18
Hct decrease until CT scan, %	2 (4)	0.001
Leukocytes at baseline, /nl	8.7 (4)	0.63
Leukocytesmax until CT scan, /nl	10.4 (4)	0.02
Platelets at baseline, /nl	230 (90)	0.86
Plateletsmax until CT scan, /nl	240 (90)	0.39
Plateletsmin until CT scan, /nl	205 (85)	0.82
CRP at baseline, mg/l	6 (15)	0.72
CRPmax until CT scan, mg/l	13 (22)	0.05
Creatinine at baseline, mg/dl	0.94 (0.25)	0.12
Creatininemax until CT scan, mg/dl	0.98 (0.18)	0.13
BUN at baseline, mg/dl	38 (21)	0.21
BUNmax until CT scan, mg/dl	42 (21)	0.48
Sodium at baseline, mmol/l	139 (4)	0.11
Sodiummax until CT scan, mmol/l	141 (3)	0.32
Sodiummin until CT scan, mmol/l	138 (4)	0.05
Potassium at baseline, mmol/l	4.0 (0.6)	0.96
Potassiummax until CT scan, mmol/l	4.2 (0.6)	0.85
Potassiummin until CT scan, mmol/l	3.7 (0.4)	0.96
Blood glucose, mg/dl	125 (40)	0.04

Values are means ± SD, median (IQR) or numbers with percentages in parentheses.

^*Spearman correlation.