Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients presenting with an M2 occlusion

Characteristics	M2 occlusions (n=116)
Age (years), mean (SD)	71 (15)
Female patients, n (%)	73 (63)
NIHSS, median (IQR)	12 (5–18)
Diabetes, n (%)	34 (29)
Hypertension, n (%)	99 (85)
Hyperlipidemia, n (%)	66 (57)
Atrial fibrillation, n (%)	48 (41)
Tobacco use, n (%)	50 (43)
Onset to ER, (h:min), median (IQR)	3:50 (1:59– 8:28)
ER to imaging (h:min), median (IQR)	0:24 (0:15–1:14)
Transfer from another hospital, n (%)	30 (26)
IV rtPA, n (%)	28 (24)
Length of stay (days), median (IQR)	65 (2–7)

ER, emergency room; NIHSS, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; rtPA, recombinant tissue plasminogen activator.