Table 1.
Patient, stroke and imaging characteristics
| Number of patients | 149 |
| Age in years, median (IQ range) | 69 (59–80) |
| Sex, men % | 54 |
| Patient characteristics: | |
| Cardiovascular risk factors, one or more of the following % | 71 |
| Angina % | 10 |
| Myocardial infarction % | 13 |
| Atrial fibrillation % | 13 |
| Diabetes % | 16 |
| Hyperlipidemia % | 30 |
| Hypertension % | 57 |
| Glucose in mmol/l, median (IQ range) | 7.1 (5.8–7.6) |
| Stroke severity: | |
| NIHSS, mean (median, range) | 10 (8, 1–32) |
| Time from symptom onset to scan in hours, mean (median, range) | 3.0 (2.2, 0.47–9) |
| 0–3 h % | 60 |
| 3–4.5 h % | 24 |
| 4.5–6 h % | 9 |
| 6–9 h % | 7 |
| Imaging parameters: | |
| Dense vessel sign (DVS) % | 34 |
| Early CT signs (ECTS) % | 38 |
| Penumbra size in cm2, median (IQ range) | 21 (6–40) |
| Infarct size in cm2, median (IQ range) | 5 (1–17) |