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. 2014 Feb 28;9(2):e89798. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089798

Table 1. General characteristics of subjects with hemorrhagic transformation at initial MRI and all imaging.

Patients with Hemorrhagic infarction All patients with HT
HI-1 (N = 75) HI-2 (N = 75) P HI (N = 150) PH (N = 72) p
Age (mean±SD) 71.17±10.89 71.13±12.40 0.276 71.15±11.63 69.01±10.90 0.192
Male (n, %) 50 (66.7) 49 (65.3) >0.999 99(66.0) 44(61.1) 0.549
Risk factors (n, %)
HTN 47 (62.7) 53 (70.7) 0.387 100 (66.7) 52 (72.2) 0.443
DM 28 (37.3) 17 (22.7) 0.074 45 (30.0) 19 (26.4) 0.637
Smoking 24 (32.0) 17 (22.7) 0.272 41(27.3) 20 (27.8) >0.999
Dyslipidemia 20 (26.7) 19 (25.3) >0.999 39 (26.0) 11 (15.3) 0.087
Previous stroke 10 (13.3) 11 (14.7) >0.999 21(14.0) 9 (12.5) 0.836
Atrial fibrillation 46 (61.3) 47 (62.7) >0.999 93(62.0) 41 (56.9) 0.558
Visit time after onset, min (mean±SD), 560.68±792.6 425.00±727.24 0.983 492.84±761.12 392.25±913.00 0.389
Baseline NIHSS (med, IQR) 9.0 (11.0) 11.0 (9.0) 0.089 11.0 (9.0) 13.0 (6.75) 0.002
Thrombolysis (n, %) 0.827 0.006
IV only 17 (22.7) 21 (28.0) 38 (25.3) 28 (38.9)
IA or IV+IA 12 (16.0) 11 (14.7) 23 (15.3) 17 (23.6)
First anti-thrombotics (before HT) (n, %) N = 68 N = 65 0.167 <0.001
None 8 (11.8) 17 (26.2) 65 (43.3) 61 (84.7)
Anti-platelet 241 (60.3) 31 (47.7) 52 (34.7) 9 (14.8)
Anti-coagulation 119 (227.9) 17 (26.2) 33 (22.0) 2 (2.8)
Anti-thrombotics after HT (n, %) 0.001 <0.001
None 15 (20.0) 35 (46.7) 50 (32.3) 68 (94.4)
Anti-platelet 41 (54.7) 31 (41.2) 72 (48.0) 4 (5.6)
Anti-coagulation 19 (25.3) 9 (12.0) 28 (18.7) 0
Neurological deterioration after HT (n, %) 2 (2.7) 4 (5.3) 0.681 6 (4.0) 10 (13.9) 0.012
Aggravation of HT at FU imaging (n, %) 5 (6.7) 11 (14.7) 0.185 16 (10.7) 14 (19.4) 0.093
Composite events within 1month (n, %) 1 (1.3) 4 (5.3) 0.367 5 (3.3) 7 (10.8)* 0..047

HTN, hypertension; DM, diabetes mellitus; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; IV, intravenous; IA, intra-arterial; HT, hemorrhagic transformation; END, early neurological deterioration; FU, follow-up.

*N = 65 (due to loss of follow-up).