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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Stroke. 2016 Feb 4;47(3):695–700. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.115.012012

Table 2.

Baseline Characteristics

Included patients
(n=1039)
Excluded patients
(n=304)
P
Demographics
  Age, years (mean, SD)1 66 (15) 73 (12) <0.001
  Male sex (%, n/N)2 59% (618/1039) 52% (154/295) 0.028
Medical History
  Diabetic (%, n/N)3 18% (68/372) 24% (6/25) 0.435
  Hyperlipidemia (%, n/N)3 23% (86/372) 32% (8/25) 0.333
  HTN (%, n/N)4 74% (745/1009) 76% (223/292) 0.403
  Baseline Systolic BP (median, IQR)5 174 (45) 177.5 (45.8) 0.208
  Baseline Diastolic BP (median, IQR)6 92 (29) 90 (24) 0.074
Medications
  Anticoagulant use (%, n)7 10% (97/961) 13% (39/295) 0.134
  Antiplatelet use (%, n)8 33% (289/879) 41% (122/294) 0.009
  Statin use (%, n)9 25% (91/360) 27% (69/256) 0.642
Baseline Labs
  INR (median, IQR)10 1.02 (0.13) 1.00 (0.13) 0.956
  INR >1.7 (%, n)10 8% (86) 12% (35) 0.088
  Hg (median, IQR)11 140 (23) 137 (23) 0.033
  Platelets (median, IQR)12 224 (90) 230 (91) 0.144
  Glucose (median, IQR)13 7.1 (2.8) 8.0 (3.4) <0.001
  Creatinine (median, IQR)14 77.8 (27.5) 76.9 (30.9) 0.957
Onset to CTA time, min (median, IQR)15 199 (253) 180 (251) 0.235
Spot positive (%, n) 24% (252) 29% (85) 0.094
Hematoma volume, mL (median, IQR)16 15.5 (208.1) 45.1 (235.6) <0.001

IQR = interquartile range, HTN = hypertension, INR = international normalized ratio, Hg = hemoglobin

2

missing 9 values,

3

missing 946 values,

4

missing 42 values,

5

missing 169 values,

6

missing 193 values,

7

missing 87 values,

8

missing 170 values,

9

missing 727 values,

10

missing 195 values,

11

missing 521 values,

12

missing 169 values,

13

missing 217 values,

14

missing 799 values,

15

missing 190 values,

16

missing 44 values.

Of the 304 excluded patients, 44 were excluded due to missing baseline CT, 3 for missing spot sign data, 120 due to missing time data precluding assignment to a time strata, and 137 due to missing follow-up CT.