Table 1. Demographics between patient who arrived final hospital within 2 hours or not after symptom onset.
| Parameters | Total | Symptom to final hospital >2 hr | Symptom to final hospital ≤2 hr | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | No. | % | No. | % | ||
| All | 20,780 | 12,461 | 8,319 | |||
| Age over 65 | < 0.01 | |||||
| No | 7,622 | 5,164 | 67.8 | 2,458 | 32.2 | |
| Yes | 13,158 | 9,226 | 70.1 | 3,932 | 29.9 | |
| Sex | 0.11 | |||||
| Male | 12,153 | 8,364 | 68.8 | 3,789 | 31.2 | |
| Female | 8,627 | 6,026 | 69.9 | 2,601 | 30.1 | |
| Level of education | < 0.01 | |||||
| < High school | 11,401 | 8,107 | 71.1 | 3,294 | 28.9 | |
| ≥ High school | 8,005 | 5,337 | 66.7 | 2,668 | 33.3 | |
| Unknown | 1,374 | 946 | 68.9 | 428 | 31.1 | |
| Insurance type | 0.62 | |||||
| NHI | 19,579 | 13,544 | 69.2 | 6,035 | 30.8 | |
| Medical aid | 1,001 | 707 | 70.6 | 294 | 29.4 | |
| Others, unknown | 200 | 139 | 69.5 | 61 | 30.5 | |
| Level of urbanization | < 0.01 | |||||
| Urban | 7,076 | 4,582 | 64.8 | 2,494 | 35.2 | |
| Suburban | 5,004 | 3,539 | 70.7 | 1,465 | 29.3 | |
| Rural | 2,393 | 1,873 | 78.3 | 520 | 21.7 | |
| Others, unknown | 6,307 | 4,396 | 69.7 | 1,911 | 30.3 | |
| Past medical history | ||||||
| No | 325 | 223 | 68.6 | 102 | 31.4 | 0.43 |
| Yes | 20,455 | 14,167 | 69.3 | 6,288 | 30.7 | |
| Diabetes | 5,377 | 3,927 | 73.0 | 1,450 | 27.0 | < 0.01 |
| Hypertension | 12,072 | 8,393 | 69.5 | 3,679 | 30.5 | 0.11 |
| Dyslipidemia | 1,527 | 1,060 | 69.4 | 467 | 30.6 | 0.24 |
| Cardiovascular disease | 3,904 | 2,422 | 62.0 | 1,482 | 38.0 | < 0.01 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 862 | 588 | 68.2 | 274 | 31.8 | 0.03 |
| Symptom onset hour of day | < 0.01 | |||||
| Day (6 a.m.-6 p.m.) | 12,196 | 8,628 | 70.7 | 3,568 | 29.3 | |
| Night (7 p.m.-5 a.m.) | 8,584 | 5,762 | 67.1 | 2,822 | 32.9 | |
| Symptom onset day of week | 0.05 | |||||
| Weekdays | 14,825 | 10,324 | 69.6 | 4,501 | 30.4 | |
| Weekend | 5,955 | 4,066 | 68.3 | 1,889 | 31.7 | |
| Symptom at arrival | 0.05 | |||||
| Unconsciousness | 3,375 | 1,940 | 57.5 | 1,435 | 42.5 | < 0.01 |
| Motor weakness | 12,784 | 8,856 | 69.3 | 3,928 | 30.7 | 0.38 |
| Sensory change | 5,423 | 3,847 | 70.9 | 1,576 | 29.1 | < 0.01 |
| Gait disturbance | 2,630 | 1,884 | 71.6 | 746 | 28.4 | 0.01 |
| Dizziness | 2,763 | 1,970 | 71.3 | 793 | 28.7 | 0.02 |
| Death | < 0.01 | |||||
| No | 17,718 | 12,367 | 69.8 | 5,351 | 30.2 | |
| Yes | 776 | 443 | 57.1 | 333 | 42.9 | |
| Unknown | 2,286 | 1,580 | 69.1 | 706 | 30.9 | |
| Neurologic outcomes* | < 0.01 | |||||
| Favorable | 14,964 | 10,496 | 70.1 | 4,468 | 29.9 | |
| Poor | 4,887 | 3,265 | 66.8 | 1,622 | 33.2 | |
| Unknown | 929 | 629 | 67.7 | 300 | 32.3 | |
Favorable is equivalent to MRS 0 to 3 and poor is equivalent to MRS 4 to 6. *Neurologic outcomes at discharge were divided as favorable or poor according to Modified Rankin Score (MRS). NHI, national health insurance.