Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the study population (n = 71).

Age [years]	75 (65–83)
Gender [male]	33 (46%)
Baseline NIHSS	13 (9–17)
Day 90 mRS	3 (2–5)
Mortality rate at day 90	12 (16.9%)
Time from onset to baseline MRI [h]	4.0 (3.4 – 4.7)
Time from onset to follow-up MRI [h]	74.9 (50.5 – 99.6)
Intravenous thrombolysis treatment	31 (43.7%)
DWI lesion volume at baseline [ml]	21.3 (9.3 – 44.9)
Comorbidities:
Hypertension	48 (68%)
Diabetes mellitus	18 (25%)
Hyperlipidemia	29 (41%)
Atrial fibrillation	30 (42%)
Current or past smoker	25 (35%)

Values are median (interquartile range) or frequency (percentage). n = sample size; NIHSS = national institutes of health stroke scale; mRS = modified Rankin Scale; DWI = diffusion-weighted imaging.