Table 3. Patients With Diagnosis of IS at Hospital Discharge Stratified by Presence of IS Diagnosis at Admission.
| Variable | Patients, No./total No. (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control (n = 165 912)a | Non–COVID-19 (n = 111 418)b | P valuec | COVID-19 (n = 5517)d | P valuee | |
| IS | |||||
| Present at admission | 150 112/165 912 (90.5) | 100 360/111 418 (90.1) | <.001 | 3634/5517 (65.9) | <.001 |
| Not present at admission | 15 800/165 912 (9.5) | 11 058/111 418 (9.9) | <.001 | 1883/5517 (34.1) | <.001 |
| In-hospital death | |||||
| IS present at admission | 7242/150 112 (4.8) | 5018/100 360 (5.0) | .046 | 673/3634 (18.5) | <.001 |
| IS not present at admission | 3394/15 800 (21.5) | 2526/11 058 (22.8) | .008 | 867/1883 (46.0) | <.001 |
| Favorable discharge | |||||
| IS present at admission | 103 477/150 112 (68.9) | 72 487/100 360 (72.2) | <.001 | 1738/3634 (47.8) | <.001 |
| IS not present at admission | 5781/15 800 (36.6) | 4384/11 058 (39.6) | <.001 | 377/1883 (20.0) | <.001 |
| Received IV alteplase | |||||
| IS present at admission | 11 281/150 112 (7.5) | 7304/100 360 (7.3) | .10 | 200/3634 (5.5) | <.001 |
| IS not present at admission | 566/15 800 (3.6) | 371/11 058 (3.4) | .37 | 80/1883 (4.2) | .13 |
| Received EVT | |||||
| IS present at admission | 9994/150 112 (6.7) | 7259/100 360 (7.2) | <.001 | 254/3634 (7.0) | .43 |
| IS not present at admission | 607/15 800 (3.8) | 425/11 058 (3.8) | >.99 | 36/1883 (1.9) | <.001 |
Abbreviations: EVT, endovascular thrombectomy; IS, ischemic stroke; IV, intravenous.
a
The control group comprised patients with IS who were discharged in 2019.
b
The non–COVID-19 group comprised patients with IS who did not have COVID-19 and were discharged between April and December 2020.
c
P values for non–COVID-19 group vs control group.
d
The COVID-19 group comprised patients with IS who had COVID-19 and were discharged between April and December 2020.
e
P values for COVID-19 group vs control group.