Table 1.

Ischemic stroke patients’ characteristics in the AVC69 and STROKE69 cohorts

Patients’ characteristics	AVC69 2006–7 n = 696	STROKE 69 2015–16 n = 717	p
Women, n (%) Missing data	362 (52) 0	360 (50) 0	0.50
Age, median [IQR] Missing data	79 [68–85] 0	79 [66–86] 0	0.99
NIHSS scorea, n (%)
< 5	–	341 (48)
5–14	–	237 (33)
15–20	–	76 (11)
> 20	–	53 (8)
Missing data	–	10 (1)

IQR Interquartile Range, NIHSS National Institute of Health Stroke Scale

^aNIHSS score was not available in the 2006–7 cohort