Table 1.
Baseline characteristics and functional outcome (mRS ≤2 vs. mRS >2).
| Characteristics |
Overall
(n = 101) |
Outcome | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
mRS ≤2
(n = 50) |
mRS >2
(n = 51) |
P-value | ||
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 62.2 (12.91) | 62.5 (12.85) | 62 (13.09) | 0.853 |
| Male sex, No. (%) | 83 (81.4) | 42 (84) | 41 (80.4) | 0.636 |
| Hypertension, No. (%) | 81 (79.4) | 38 (76) | 43 (84.3) | 0.295 |
| Diabetes mellitus, No. (%) | 20 (19.6) | 7 (14) | 13 (25.5) | 0.147 |
| Baseline glycaemia (mmol/L), mean (SD) | 8.3 (2.98) | 7.84 (2.83) | 8.76 (3.08) | 0.065 |
| Atrial fibrillation, No. (%) | 30 (29.4) | 16 (32) | 14 (27.5) | 0.617 |
| Coronary heart disease, No. (%) | 8 (7.8) | 4 (8) | 4 (7.8) | 0.999 |
| Antithrombotic treatment, No. (%) | 15 (14.7) | 6 (12) | 9 (17.6) | 0.425 |
| History of ischaemic stroke or TIA, No. (%) | 20 (19.6) | 9 (18) | 11 (21.6) | 0.653 |
| Smoking, No. (%) | 38 (37.3) | 17 (34) | 21 (41.2) | 0.457 |
| GCS score at admission, median (IQR) | 5 (4–7) | 6 (4–9) | 5 (4–6) | 0.008 |
| NIHSS score at admission, median (IQR) | 30 (22.5–36.5) | 26 (20–32) | 35 (28–38) | <0.001 |
| Preoperative Pc-ASPECTS, median (IQR) | 9 (9–10) | 9 (9–10) | 9 (9–10) | 0.234 |
| Preoperative PMI, median (IQR) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0.615 |
| IVT, No. (%) | 8 (7.8) | 4 (8) | 4 (7.8) | 0.999 |
| Stroke aetiology, No. (%) | 0.435 | |||
| Atherosclerosis | 49 (48.0) | 21 (42) | 28 (54.9) | |
| Cardioembolic | 30 (29.4) | 15 (30) | 15 (29.4) | |
| Other | 7 (29.4) | 4 (8) | 3 (5.9) | |
| Unknown | 15 (14.7) | 10 (20) | 5 (9.8) | |
SD, standard deviation; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; IQR, interquartile range; Pc-ASPECTS, posterior circulation Acute Stroke Prognosis Early CT Score; PMI, pons-midbrain index; IVT, intravenous thrombolysis.