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. 2018 Sep 30;20(3):373–384. doi: 10.5853/jos.2018.01305

Table 3.

Relationship between BP/BP excursions during endovascular thrombectomy to values exceeding ±20% of the reference value and 3-month modified Rankin Scale score 0-2 (final models)

Variable Systolic blood pressure
Mean arterial pressure
OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P
Model A: without imaging outcomes
 Default independents
  Rate of BP >120% of reference (by 1/10 min) 1.33 (1.01–1.76) 0.038 1.30 (1.01–1.66) 0.029
  Rate of BP <80% of reference (by 1/10 min) 0.85 (0.67–1.08) 0.174 0.85 (0.65–1.10) 0.218
  Reference BP (by 10 mm Hg) 1.37 (1.06–1.77) 0.013 1.49 (1.06–2.08) 0.016
  On-admission NIHSS score (by 1 point) 0.85 (0.78–0.93) <0.001 0.86 (0.80–0.94) <0.001
  TICI grade 2b-3 (vs. 0-2a) 3.96 (1.34–11.7) 0.009 3.72 (1.26–11.0) 0.013
  Collaterals ≥50% as unaffected side (vs. no) 4.62 (1.45–11.2) 0.007 4.71 (1.44–15.4) 0.006
 Selected independents
  Cardioembolic/unknown etiology (vs. LAA) 0.25 (0.07–090) 0.026 0.22 (0.06–0.84) 0.018
  Pre-index stroke statin use 5.88 (1.55–22.3) 0.005 4.71 (1.27–17.5) 0.013
  Post-index stroke statin use 0.32 (0.12–0.82) 0.015 0.34 (0.13–0.87) 0.020
  Age (by 10 yr) 0.69 (0.50–0.96) 0.020 0.72 (0.52–0.99) 0.039
Model B: including ischemic lesion volume
 Default independents
  Rate of BP >120% of reference (by 1/10 min) 1.25 (0.95–1.71) 0.114 1.22 (0.95–1.61) 0.115
  Rate of BP <80% of reference (by 1/10 min) 0.88 (0.69–1.11) 0.291 0.89 (0.67–1.15) 0.371
  Reference BP (by 10 mm Hg) 1.33 (1.02–1.77) 0.034 1.37 (0.97–1.97) 0.071
  On-admission NIHSS score (by 1 point) 0.87 (0.79–0.95) 0.002 0.88 (0.81–0.96) 0.003
  TICI grade 2b-3 (vs. 0-2a) 2.73 (0.89–9.10) 0.079 2.55 (0.83–8.46) 0.101
  Collaterals ≥50% as unaffected side (vs. no) 2.95 (0.88–11.2) 0.080 3.04 (0.91–11.5) 0.071
  Ischemic lesion volume (by 2.718-fold) 0.65 (0.50–0.83) <0.001 0.66 (0.50–0.84) <0.001
 Selected independents
  Cardioembolic/unknown etiology (vs. LAA) 0.19 (0.05–0.69) 0.011 0.16 (0.04–0.62) 0.007
  Pre-index stroke statin use 3.94 (1.08–16.8) 0.037 3.48 (0.97–14.8) 0.057
  Post-index stroke statin use 0.34 (0.12–0.88) 0.026 0.33 (0.12–0.87) 0.025
  Age (by 10 yr) 0.63 (0.43–0.87) 0.005 0.65 (0.45–0.90) 0.010

BP, blood pressure; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; TICI, Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction; LAA, large artery atherosclerosis.