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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Stroke. 2021 Feb 18;52(4):1370–1379. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.032546

Table 1.

Characteristics of SAH patients with and without DCI

Columbia Houston Aachen
Total Patients 310 - Total Patients 38 - Total Patients 40 -

DCI+ DCI− p value DCI+ DCI− p value DCI+ DCI− p value
n=101 n=209 n=12 n=26 n=11 n=29

Age, y, median (IQR) 54 (45-65) 57 (46-65) 0.765 59 (49-65.5) 0.137

50 (44-62) 56 (47-66) 0.033* 53 (49-60) 59 (45-70) 0.285 52 (48-60) 60 (53-66) 0.055

Female Gender, n (%) 218 (70.3) 28 (73.7) 0.85 27 (67.5) 0.716

81 (80.2) 137 (65.6) 0.008* 12 (100.0) 16 (61.5) 0.016* 9 (81.8) 18 (62.1) 0.286

Hispanic Ethnicity, n (%) 99 (31.9) 12 (31.6) 1 0 (0.0) N/A

30 (29.7) 69 (33.0) 0.604 3 (25.0) 9 (34.6) 0.714 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1

Tobacco Use, n (%) 166 (53.6) 20 (52.6) 1 15 (37.5) 0.065

55 (54.5) 111 (53.1) 0.713 9 (75.0) 11 (42.3) 0.086 5 (45.5) 10 (34.5) 0.716

Hypertension History 146 (47.1) 27 (71.0) 0.006* 16 (40.0) 0.5

39 (38.6) 107 (51.2) 0.04* 11 (91.7) 16 (61.5) 0.121 7 (63.6) 9 (31.0) 0.08

HH, 4 - 5, n (%) 88 (28.4) 19 (50.0) 0.008* 15 (37.5) 0.269

40 (39.6) 48 (23.0) 0.003* 5 (41.7) 14 (53.8) 0.728 7 (63.6) 8 (27.6) 0.065

WFNS, 4 - 5, n (%) 121 (39.0) 22 (57.9) 0.035* 17 (42.5) 0.732

50 (49.5) 71 (34.0) 0.009* 7 (58.3) 15 (57.7) 1 7 (63.6) 10 (34.5) 0.153

GCS, median (IQR) 14 (8-15) 8 (5-14) <0.001* 13 (7-15) 0.101

13 (6-15) 15 (9-15) <0.001* 9 (6-13) 8 (5-14) 0.95 7 (6-13) 13 (8-15) 0.053

mFS, 3 - 4, n (%) 120 (38.7) 38 (100.0) <0.001* 20 (50.0) 0.175

38 (37.6) 82 (39.2) 0.805 12 (100.0) 26 (100.0) 1 9 (81.8) 11 (37.9) 0.031*

mFS 0, n (%) 0 (0.0) 15 (7.2) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
mFS 1, n (%) 15 (14.9) 41 (19.6) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (18.2) 12 (41.4)
mFS 2, n (%) 48 (47.5) 71 (34.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 6 (20.7)
mFS 3, n (%) 32 (31.7) 73 (34.9) 6 (50.0) 19 (73.1) 4 (36.4) 3 (10.34)
mFS 4, n (%) 6 (5.9) 9 (4.3) 6 (50.0) 7 (26.9) 5 (45.5) 8 (27.6)

Vasopressor Use, n (%) 66/242 (27.3) 20 (52.6) 0.002* 37 (92.5) <0.001*

47/78 (60.3) 19/164 (11.6) <0.001* 10 (83.3) 10 (38.5) 0.015* 11 (100) 26 (89.7) 0.548

Cerebral Edema, n (%) 176 (56.77) 10 (26.32) <0.001 8 (20) <0.0001

76 (75.2) 100 (47.8) <0.0001* 4 (33.3) 6 (23.1) 0.694 4 (36.4) 4 (13.8) 0.182

Fever >38.6°C, n (%) 126 (40.65) 26 (68.42) 0.002* 34 (85) <0.0001*

54 (53.5) 72 (34.4) 0.002* 8 (66.7) 18 (69.2) 1 11 (100) 23 (79.3) 0.162

Hydrocephalus, n (%) 143 (46.1) 26 (68.4) 0.010* 34 (85.0) <0.0001*

61 (60.4) 82 (39.2) <0.001* 9 (75.0) 17 (65.4) 0.714 11 (100) 23 (79.3) 0.162

Pulmonary Edema, n (%) 51 (16.5) 9 (23.7) 0.260 10 (25.0) 0.186

27 (26.7) 24 (11.5) 0.001* 4 (33.3) 5 (19.2) 0.423 3 (27.3) 7 (24.1) 1

Seizures, n (%) 32 (10.3) 3 (7.9) 0.782 11 (27.5) 0.004*

12 (11.9) 20 (9.6) 0.553 1 (8.3) 2 (7.6) 1 3 (27.3) 8 (27.6) 1

In-Hospital Mortality, n (%) 34 (11.0) 3 (7.9) 0.781 9 (22.5) 0.068

8 (7.9) 26 (12.4) 0.253 0 (0.0) 3 (11.54) 0.538 5 (45.5) 4 (13.8) 0.083

LOS, d, median (IQR) 14.9 (11-22) 13 (10-17) 0.103 14.5 (11-20) 0.474

22 (17-30) 12 (10-16) <0.0001* 18 (16-21) 12 (9-14) 0.004* 18 (15-25) 14 (9-18) 0.022*

mRS at Discharge, 3 - 6, n (%) 195 (62.9) 35 (92.1) <0.001* 24 (60.0) 0.730

89 (88.1) 106 (50.7) <0.0001* 10 (83.3) 25 (96.2) 0.229 9 (81.8) 15 (51.7) 0.148

mRS at 3 Months, 3 - 6, n (%) 92/238 (38.7) 16/29 (55.2) 0.108 15/27 (55.6) 0.101

40/74 (54.1) 52/164 (31.7) 0.001* 4/11 (36.4) 12/18 (66.7) 0.143 6/9 (22.2) 9/18 (50.0) 0.683

mRS at 12 Months, 3 - 6, n (%) 93/229 (40.6) 8/14 (57.1) 0.268 11/19 (57.9) 0.154

36/70 (51.4) 57/159 (35.8) 0.029* 2/4 (50.0) 6/10 (60.0) 1 6/7 (85.7) 5/12 (41.7) 0.147
*

statistically significant