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. 2021 Aug 13;4(8):e2120745. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.20745

Table 2. Individual Performance Measures and Summary Measures by Cerebrovascular Event Type.

Variable IS (n = 838 229 [83.3%]) TIA (n = 64 929 [6.4%]) ICH (n = 85 705 [8.5%]) SAH (n = 11 241 [1.1%]) SNC (n = 6694 [0.7%])
No./total No. Frequency, % (95% CI) No./total No. Frequency, % (95% CI) No./total No. Frequency, % (95% CI) No./total No. Frequency, % (95% CI) No./total No. Frequency, % (95% CI)
Acute performance measures
IV-rtPA administration ≤4.5 h 43 749/191 389 22.9 (22.7-23.1) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Early antithrombotics 702 177/822 296 85.4 (85.3-85.5) 54 701/63 826 85.7 (85.4-86.0) NA NA NA NA NA NA
DVT prophylaxis 44 524/260 578 17.1 (16.9-17.2) NA NA 12 408/51 337 24.2 (23.8-24.5) 1556/6504 23.9 (22.9-25.0) 119/1924 6.2 (5.1-7.3)
Dysphagia screen 653 804/838 229 78.0 (77.9-78.1) NA NA 61 334/85 705 71.6 (71.3-71.9) 7092/11 241 63.1 (62.2-64.0) 3859/6694 57.7 (56.5-58.8)
Rehabilitation 615 991/838 229 73.5 (73.4-73.6) NA NA 62 228/85 705 72.6 (72.3-72.9) 6513/11 241 57.9 (57.0-58.9) 4426/6694 66.1 (65.0-67.3)
Discharge performance measures
Antithrombotics 717 843/812 839 88.3 (88.2-88.4) 56 076/63 783 87.9 (87.7-88.2) NA NA NA NA NA NA
Anticoagulants for AF 24 774/59 323 41.8 (41.4-42.2) 906/2385 38.0 (36.0-39.9) NA NA NA NA NA NA
BP lowering for hypertension 403 734/629 678 64.1 (64.0-64.2) 27 519/42 595 64.6 (64.2-65.1) 60 633/72 380 83.8 (83.5-84.0) 4615/6689 69.0 (67.9-70.1) 2543/3820 66.6 (65.1-68.1)
Glucose lowering for hyperglycemia 180 547/229 650 78.6 (78.5-78.8) 10 721/13 828 77.5 (76.8-78.2) 7596/10 974 69.2 (68.4-70.1) 598/1033 57.9 (54.9-60.9) 915/1324 69.1 (66.6-71.6)
Statin for LDL-C ≥100 mg/dL or ND 744 714/828 591 89.9 (89.8-89.9) 57 899/64 538 89.7 (89.5-90.0) NA NA NA NA NA NA
Smoking cessation intervention 191 588/199 195 96.2 (96.1-96.3) 12 978/13 482 96.3 (95.9-96.6) 15 572/16 535 94.2 (93.8-94.5) 1502/1620 92.7 (91.5-94.0) 772/808 95.5 (94.1-97.0)
Summary measures
Composite score, mean (SD) 0.76 (0.21) 0.83 (0.24) 0.68 (0.28) 0.57 (0.31) 0.61 (0.30)
All-or-none binary variable 197 768/838 229 23.6 (23.5-23.7) 36 217/64 929 55.8 (55.4-56.2) 24 242/85 705 28.3 (28.0-28.6) 2381/11 241 21.2 (20.4-21.9) 1560/6694 23.3 (22.3-24.3)

Abbreviations: AF, atrial fibrillation; BP, blood pressure; DVT, deep vein thrombosis; ICH, intracerebral hemorrhage; IS, ischemic stroke; IV-rtPA, intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; NA, not applicable; ND, not documented; SAH, subarachnoid hemorrhage; SNC, stroke not classified; TIA, transient ischemic attack.

SI conversion factor: To convert LDL-C to millimoles per liter, multiply by 0.0259.