Skip to main content
. 2014 Apr 18;9(4):e94364. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094364

Table 1. General characteristics of patients.

mRS>2 (N = 130) mRS 0–2 (N = 77) p Alive (N = 174) Death (N = 33) P
Age (mean±SD) 73.42±9.72 65.83±11.72 <0.001 69.37±10.92 77.03±9.94 <0.001
Male (n, %) 77 (59.2) 50 (64.9) 0.462 109 (62.6) 18 (54.5) 0.437
Risk factors
HTN 88 (67.7) 45 (58.4) 0.230 107 (61.5) 26 (78.8) 0.074
DM 29 (22.3) 15 (19.5) 0.726 35 (20.1) 9 (27.3) 0.359
Dyslipidemia 8 (6.2) 9 (11.7) 0.193 15 (8.6) 2 (6.1) >0.999
AF 48 (36.9) 17 (22.1) 0.030 44 (25.3) 21 (63.6) <0.001
CAD 12 (9.2) 5 (6.5) 0.605 11 (6.3) 6 (18.2) 0.035
Previous stroke 12 (9.2) 10 (13.0) 0.485 16 (9.2) 6 (18.2) 0.131
Smoking 45 (34.6) 35 (45.5) 0.141 72 (41.4) 8 (24.4) 0.079
NIHSS (med, IQR) 12.0 (7.0) 7.0 (4.50) <0.001 9.0 (8.0) 13.0 (5.50) 0.003
Onset to IVT time (mean±SD) 129.91±55.38 130.54±50.70 0.935 128.70±52.66 137.75±58.35 0.375
TOAST 0.802 0.846
LAA 32 (24.6) 29 (37.7) 58 (33.3) 3 (9.1)
CE 65 (50.0) 32 (29.9) 65 (37.4) 23 (69.7)
SVO 2 (1.5) 2 (2.6) 4 (2.3) 0
OE 1 (0.8) 1 (1.3) 2 (1.1) 0
UD 30 (23.1) 22 (28.6) 45 (25.9) 7 (21.2)
Initial SBP 140.23±22.08 141.31±27.14 0.755 138.43±24.00 152.12±20.88 0.003
BG parameters
BG before IVT 134.73±40.47 130.12±47.93 0.473 130.48±42.71 145.81±44.53 0.063
BG after IVT 144.88±42.21 118.42±33.17 <0.001 129.84±37.07 162.75±49.88 <0.001
Mean BG 139.04±36.66 120.55±29.90 <0.001 12779±31.73 155.19±44.35 <0.001
Max BG 164.20±53.20 147.72±48.29 0.027 151.93±45.50 190.42±69.86 0.004
SD of BG 21.27±17.19 22.16±17.52 0.712 20.05±14.99 29.70±25.00 0.003
SD of mean BG 0.14±0.08 0.17±0.11 0.034 0.15±0.09 0.17±0.12 0.161
Severe WMH 46 (35.4) 15 (19.5) 0.018 46 (26.4) 15 (45.5) 0.037
Microbleeds 14 (10.8) 9 (11.7) 0.823 19 (10.9) 4 (12.1) 0.768

HTN, hypertension; DM, diabetes mellitus; AF, atrial fibrillation; CAD, coronary artery disease; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; IVT, intra-venous thrombolysis; SD, standard deviation; TOAST, Trials of Organization; BP, blood pressure; BG, blood glucose; SD, standard deviation; WMH, white matter hyperintensity.