Table 1.

Demographics and baseline data of patients in the stereotactic haematoma aspiration and best medical management group

	Stereotactic aspiration, n=142 (%)	Conservative treatment, n=78 (%)	P value
Male	82 (57.7)	44 (56.4)	0.848
Age (${\displaystyle \overline{\mathrm{X}}\pm \mathrm{S}}$, years)	62.1±9.5	60.2±9.1	0.372
History of hyperlipidaemia	42 (29.6)	24 (30.8)	0.854
History of diabetes	26 (18.3)	18 (23.1)	0.398
History of coronary heart disease	5 (3.5)	4 (5.1)	0.724*
History of atrial fibrillation	1 (0.7)	0 (0)	–
History of stroke	6 (4.2)	2 (2.6)	0.715*
Smoking	76 (53.5)	40 (51.3)	0.750
Alcohol abuse	51 (35.9)	30 (38.5)	0.708
Hypotensor	107 (75.4)	52 (66.7)	0.169
Warfarin treatment	7 (4.9)	5 (6.4)	0.758*
SBP (${\displaystyle \overline{\mathrm{X}}\pm \mathrm{S}}$, mm Hg)	165.4±24.3	162.6±23.7	0.533
DBP (${\displaystyle \overline{\mathrm{X}}\pm \mathrm{S}}$, mm Hg)	106.4±9.6	103.5±9.2	0.445
ICH location
Basal ganglia	74 (52.1)	42 (53.8)	0.805
Thalamus	57 (40.1)	30 (38.5)	0.807
Lobar	11 (7.7)	6 (7.7)	0.989
Baseline ICH volume, median (IQR) mL	31 (23–39)	29 (21–37)	0.122
ICH score, median (IQR)	2 (0–3)	1 (0–1)	0.021
IVH presence	34 (23.9)	5 (6.4)	0.001
Midline shift	125 (88.0)	57 (64.0)	0.000
Admission GCS, median (IQR)	10 (9–13)	11 (9–14)	0.034
Haemoglobin (${\displaystyle \overline{\mathrm{X}}\pm \mathrm{S}}$, g/L)	105.2±14.1	108.4±13.6	0.226
Blood glucose, median (IQR)	8.8 (5.9–11.3)	8.4 (6.1–10.8)	0.157
INR, median (IQR)	1.0 (0.7–1.3)	1.2 (0.7–1.4)	0.204
Onset to the first CT time (min, ${\displaystyle \overline{\mathrm{X}}\pm \mathrm{S}}$)	186.8±54.6	177.3±52.4	0.355
Onset to admission time (min, ${\displaystyle \overline{\mathrm{X}}\pm \mathrm{S}}$)	171.4±52.2	162.8±49.24	0.115

*Fisher’s exact test.

DBP, diastolic blood pressure, 1 mm Hg=0.133 kPa; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; ICH, intracerebral haemorrhage; INR, International normalised ratio; IVH, intraventricular haemorrhage; SBP, systolic blood pressure.