Table 3.
Characteristics of Studies that Presented Adjusted Odds Estimates
First Author (Year) | No. of Patients taking AP medications, N | No. of Controls, N | Adjusted Estimates | Stratification by OTT | Stratification by AP Agents | Stratification by Outcome Definitions | Adjusting Variables |
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Xian29 (2016) | 22 813 | 20 221 | sICH, good functional outcome, mortality | 0–3 h | A, C, AC, AD | mRS 0–1, mRS 0–2 | G, X, OTT, APM, HC, HS |
Pan25 (2015) | 157 | 951 | sICH, mortality | NA | A, AC | NINDS, ECASS II, SITS‐MOST | NA |
Meurer24 (2013) | 388 | 442 | sICH | NA | NA | NA | G, S, N, OTT |
Dorado19 (2010) | 72 | 163 | sICH | NA | NA | NA | X, E, HC, PVD, R |
Diedler18 (2010) | 3782 | 7954 | sICH, good functional outcome, mortality | NA | A, C, AC, AD | NINDS, ECASS II, SITS‐MOST/mRS 0–1, mRS 0–2 | NA |
Cucchiara16 (2009) | 337 | 628 | sICH, good functional outcome, | NA | Single, double | NA | G, N, SBP, DBP, HTN, SG, HC, HS, ASP |
Uyttenboogaart13 (2008) | 89 | 212 | sICH, good functional outcome | 0–3 h | NA | NA | G, N, SG, R, SBP, HTN |
AP indicates antiplatelet; OTT, onset‐to‐treatment time; sICH, symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage; A, aspirin; C, clopidogrel, AC, aspirin‐clopidogrel; AD, aspirin‐dipyridamole; mRS, modified Rankin Scale; G, age; X, sex; APM, type of antiplatelet medication; HC, history of coronary heart disease; HS, history of stroke/ transient ischemic attack; NA, not available; NINDS, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke rt‐PA Stroke Study Group2; ECASS II, Second European‐ Australasian Acute Stroke Study3; SITS‐MOST, Safe Implementation of Thrombolysis in Stroke‐Monitoring Study4; S, tobacco smoking; N, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; E, history of ethanol abuse; PVD, history of peripheral vascular disease; R, prehospital radiology results; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HTN, history of hypertension; SG, serum glucose; ASP, the Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS).