Clinical characteristics of the study population

Patients	Lacunar Syndrome (n = 33)	MRI-Confirmed LI (n = 16)
Age (yr) (mean) (SD)	65.5 (11)	62.6 (10)
Sex (%) (male/female)	70:30	62.5:37.5
tPA (%)	73	62.5
NIHSS score (median) (IQR)
Admission	4 (3–5.5)	3.5 (3–4.5)
24 Hours	3 (1–5)	3 (2–4.5)
Discharge	2 (1–4)	2.5 (1.5–4)
Day 90	1 (0–2)	1 (0–2)
Excellent outcome (%)	48	44
TOAST (%)
Lacunar	64	81
Large-artery atherosclerosis	12	0
Cardioembolic	3	0
Undetermined	21	19

Note:—IQR indicates interquartile range.