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. 2021 May 11;12:669934. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.669934

Table 3.

Comparison of baseline variables between first-pass TICI 2c-3 vs. non-first-pass TICI 2c-3.

Variable FP TICI 2c-3 (n = 62) Non-FP TICI 2c-3 (n = 59) P-value
Age (years); mean ± SD 67.2 ± 12.8 66.6 ± 14.0 0.78
Female sex; n (%) 36 (58.1%) 36 (61.0%) 0.74
Baseline NIHSS score; median (IQR) 16.5 (12–19) 17 (14–21) 0.36
Baseline NCCT ASPECTS; median (IQR) (n = 94) 10 (9.5–10) (n = 48) 10 (9–10) (n = 46) 0.80
Occlusion level; n (%)
   ICA 14 (22.6%) 13 (22.0%) 0.94
   MCA M1 48 (77.4%) 46 (78.0%)
IV tPA treatment; n (%) 38 (61.3%) 44 (74.6%) 0.12
Hypertension; n (%) 44 (71.0%) 40 (67.8%) 0.71
Diabetes mellitus; n (%) 12 (19.4%) 11 (18.6%) 0.92
Atrial fibrillation; n (%) 22 (35.5%) 25 (42.4%) 0.44
Dyslipidemia; n (%) 22 (35.5%) 26 (44.1%) 0.34
Smoking; n (%) 13 (21.0%) 18 (30.5%) 0.23
Previous stroke/transient ischemic attack; n (%) 11 (17.7%) 9 (15.3%) 0.71
Previous MI/CAD; n (%) 18 (29.0%) 11 (18.6%) 0.18

FP, first-pass; IV tPA, intravenous tissue plasminogen activator; IQR, interquartile range; MI/CAD, myocardial infarction/coronary artery disease; NCCT ASPECTS, non-contrast CT Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; SD, standard deviation; TICI, Treatment in Cerebral Ischemia scale.