Table 2.

Clinical and imaging characteristics for general anesthesia and conscious sedation groups.

Variable	General anesthesia (n = 138)	Conscious sedation (n = 101)	p
Age, years, median (IQR)	77 (65–82)	75 (66–81)	0.62
Sex, men (%)	64 (46.4)	44 (43.6)	0.67
Admission NIHSS-score, median (IQR)	18 (15–21)	14 (11–18)	0.0001
Intravenous thrombolysis	76 (55.1)	60 (59.4)	0.50
VASCULAR RISK FACTORS, n (%)
Hypertension	120 (86.9)	89 (88.1)	0.79
Diabetes mellitus	50 (36.2)	21 (20.8)	0.01
Dyslipidemia	39 (28.3)	36 (35.6)	0.22
Atrial fibrillation	85 (61.6)	57 (56.4)	0.42
Current smoking	13 (9.4)	12 (11.9)	0.54
Previous cerebral ischemia	16 (11.6)	17 (16.8)	0.25
Baseline serum glucose, mmol/L, median (IQR)	7.5 (6.3–9.3)	7.2 (6.2–8.8)	0.18
IMAGING
Admission ASPECTS, median (IQR)	7 (6–8)	7 (6–8)	0.54
Occlusion site, n (%)			0.67
ICA-MCA	35 (25.4)	17 (16.8)
M1-MCA	96 (69.6)	76 (75.3)
M2-MCA	7 (5.1)	8 (7.9)
TIMES METRICS, MIN, MEDIAN (IQR)
Onset-to-needle	110 (95–142)†	105 (82–136)††	0.29
Door-to-needle	46 (35–59)§	42 (32–58)§	0.33
Door-to-imaging pre-EVT	15 (10–23)‡	18 (12–26)||	0.09
Onset-to-groin puncture	262 (198–325)#	253 (183–328)*	0.47
Door-to-groin puncture	80 (60–104)‡	73 (55–88)||	0.08
Picture-to-groin puncture	62 (46–79)	53 (40–73)	0.007

IQR, Indicates Interquartile Range; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; ASPECTS, Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score; ICA, internal carotid artery; MCA, middle cerebral artery.

^†missing data for 4 patients;

^††missing data for 1 patient;

^§missing data for 6 patients;

^‡based on 137 patients (non-assessable due to in-hospital stroke, n = 1);

^||based on 95 patients (non-assessable due to in-hospital stroke or secondary large vessel occlusion, n = 6);

^#based on 127 patients (non-assessable due to unknown stroke onset, n = 11);

^*based on 96 patients (non-assessable due to unknown stroke onset, n = 5).