Table 1.

Patient Characteristics Stratified by Treatment Group

Characteristic	MSU Care (n=66)	Conventional Care (n=19)	P Value
Age, mean (SD)	77.2 (16.2)	71.6 (11.3)	0.16
Male sex	28 (42.4)	10 (52.6)	0.60
Racea			0.47
Black	9 (13.6)	3 (15.8)
Asian	4 (6.1)	1 (5.3)
Latino/Hispanic	16 (24.2)	8 (42.1)
White	31 (47.0)	7 (36.8)
Initial NIHSS, mean (SD)	9.7 (8.3)	10.4 (7.8)	0.75
Treatment with tPA	29 (43.9)	9 (47.4)	>0.99
Translator used	7 (10.6)	5 (26.3)	0.17
Finger stick, mg/dL, mean (SD)	141.0 (56.1)	147.6 (67.0)	0.69
Initial systolic BP, mm Hg, mean (SD)	166.0 (32.1)	165.0 (31.3)	0.88
Initial diastolic BP, mm Hg, mean (SD)	91.0 (20.2)	86.0 (16.8)	0.30
Baseline mRSb			0.28
0	31 (47.0)	11 (57.9)
1	2 (3.0)	1 (5.3)
2	3 (4.5)	0 (0.0)
3	5 (7.6)	3 (15.8)
4	12 (18.2)	0 (0.0)
5	2 (3.0)	0 (0.0)
Post‐tPA symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage	1 (1.5)	0 (0.0)	0.48
Presence of stroke risk factors
History of stroke	14 (21.2)	8 (42.1)	0.12
Diabetes mellitus	15 (22.7)	8 (42.1)	0.28
Hypertension	43 (65.2)	14 (73.7)	0.87
Atrial fibrillation	14 (21.2)	3 (15.8)	0.85
Coronary artery disease	10 (15.2)	7 (36.8)	0.08
Active smoking	2 (3.0)	3 (15.8)	0.11
Peripheral vascular disease	3 (4.5)	0 (0.0)	>0.99
Final diagnosis			0.34
Acute ischemic stroke	31 (47.0)	9 (47.4)
Transient ischemic attack	3 (4.5)	2 (10.5)
Intracerebral hemorrhage	5 (7.6)	1 (5.3)
Stroke mimic	27 (40.9)	6 (31.6)

Data are reported as n (%) unless otherwise noted. BP indicates blood pressure; mRS, modified Rankin scale; MSU, mobile stroke unit; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; tPA, tissue plasminogen activator.

^aRace data missing for 6 MSU patients.

^bmRS data missing for 11 MSU and 4 conventional care patients at baseline evaluation.