Table 2.
Demographic and baseline characteristics of acute ischaemic stroke patients treated with tPA within 4.5 hours after onset
| Pre-ASCaM (N=189) |
ASCaM (N=317) |
P value | |
| Age (year) | |||
| N (n missed) | 189 (0) | 315 (2) | |
| Mean±SD | 64.0±9.9 | 64.4±10.2 | 0.6408 |
| Admission NIHSS | |||
| N (n missed) | 189 (0) | 309(8) | |
| Mean±SD | 8.2±6.2 | 7.5±5.3 | 0.1996 |
| Age >80, n (%) | 15 (7.9%) | 12 (3.8%) | 0.0445 |
| Male, n (%) | 131 (69.3%) | 210 (66.5%) | 0.5071 |
| Previous stroke/TIA, n (%) | 48 (25.4%) | 77 (24.3%) | 0.7801 |
| Carotid stenosis, n (%) | 78 (41.3%) | 82 (25.9%) | <0.001 |
| HTN, n (%) | 111 (58.7%) | 202 (63.7%) | 0.2634 |
| DM, n (%) | 53 (28.0%) | 84 (26.5%) | 0.7054 |
| Dyslipidaemia, n (%) | 122 (64.6%) | 243 (76.7%) | 0.0033 |
| CAD/MI, n (%) | 39 (20.6%) | 64 (20.2%) | 0.9041 |
| AF/AFL, n (%) | 21 (11.1%) | 35 (11.0%) | 0.9806 |
| CHF, n (%) | 5 (2.6%) | 8 (2.5%) | 0.9332 |
| Prosthetic heart valve, n (%) | 0 | 3 (0.9%) | 0.2966 |
| Seizure, n (%) | 2 (1.1%) | 0 | 0.1391 |
| Peripheral vascular disease, n (%) | 21 (11.1%) | 39 (12.3%) | 0.6883 |
| Smoking, n (%) | 89 (47.1%) | 153 (48.4%) | 0.7726 |
AF/AFL, atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter; ASCaM, Acute Stroke Care Map; CAD, coronary artery disease; CHF, congestive heart failure; DM, diabetes mellitus; HTN, hypertension; MI, myocardial infarction; NIHSS, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; TIA, transient ischaemic attack.