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. 2021 Apr;26(2):179–185. doi: 10.17712/nsj.2021.2.20200148

Table 3.

- Comparison between low dose and standard dose Alteplase treated acute ischemic stroke patients regarding their outcome of treatment assessed by modified rankin scale (mRS) at 3 months and prevalence of deaths.

Items Low dose (n=40) Standard dose (n=40) Total (n=80) x2 P -value
Outcome
 Favorable 27 (67.5) 25 (62.5) 52 (65.0) 0.23 0.631
Death
 In hospital 1 (2.5) 1 (2.5) 2 (2.5) -- ---
 Within 3 months 2 (0.5) 1 (2.5) 3 (3.8) 0.35 0.556
 Overall deaths 3 (7.5) 2 (5.0) 5 (6.3) 0.21 0.644

Values are presented as number and percentage (%). Favorable outcome: mRS from 0-2