Table 1.
Site-specific demographics and clinical characteristics; demographics and clinical characteristics as per admission time.
| Variable | Center | pa | Admission time | pa | Total (n = 258) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHOL (n = 101) | HFR (n = 157) | WH (n = 130) | OWH (n = 128) | ||||
| Age, mean (SD) (IQR), years | 73.1 (14.1) (22) | 71.9 (14.8) (18) | 0.523 | 73.9 (15) (19) | 70.7 (13.9) (21) | 0.076 | 72.3 (14.5) (19.7) |
| Male sex (%) | 54.5 | 54.8 | 0.960 | 50.8 | 58.6 | 0.207 | 54.7 |
| Arterial hypertension (%) | 66.3 | 66.2 | 0.519 | 68.5 | 64.0 | 0.305 | 66.5 |
| Diabetes (%) | 15.8 | 16.6 | 0.263 | 18.5 | 14.0 | 0.394 | 16.3 |
| Smoker (%) | 13.9 | 17.2 | 0.047 | 14.6 | 17.2 | 0.274 | 15.9 |
| Atrial fibrillation (%) | 24.8 | 24.1 | 0.194 | 25.4 | 23.4 | 0.377 | 24.4 |
| Anticoagulation (%) | 6.9 | 0.6 | 0.004 | 3.07 | 3.13 | 0.982 | 3.1 |
| Pre-mRs, median (SD) | 0 (1.14) | 0 (1.05) | 0.662 | 0 (1.15) | 0 (1.02) | 0.202 | 0 (1.09) |
| NIHSS, median (SD), (IQR) | 6 (6.88) (5) | 8 (6.98) (11) | 0.005 | 6.50 (6.88) (9) | 8 (7.20) (10) | 0.550 | 7 (7.04) (9.00) |
| Transfer to adjacent stroke center for potential endovascular treatment following thrombolysis (%) | 14.9 | 26.1 | 0.032 | 20.0 | 23.4 | 0.503 | 21.7 |
GHOL, Groupement Hospitalier de l'Ouest Lémanique; HFR, Hôpital de Fribourg; IQR, interquartile range; mRs, Modified Rankin Scale; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.
a
p: Determined by use of the independent samples T-test for age, NIHSS on admission, and pre-mRs. The χ2-test is used for categorical variables.
Statistically Significant values are indicated in bold (p ≤ 0.05).