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. 2022 Jul 1;22:115. doi: 10.1186/s12880-022-00845-y

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of patients in the favorable and unfavorable groups

Variable Favorable Outcome (N = 46) Unfavorable Outcome (N = 57) P
Age, years 65.22 ± 12.22 65.60 ± 13.44 0.883
Sex male, n (%) 32 (69.57) 34 (59.65) 0.297
Hypertension, n (%) 28 (60.87) 41 (71.93) 0.235
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) 13 (28.26) 22 (38.60) 0.271
Smoking, n (%) 8 (17.39) 15 (26.32) 0.280
Atrial fibrillation, n (%) 3 (6.52) 14 (24.56) 0.014*
History of stroke, n (%) 6 (13.04) 15 (26.32) 0.096
Homocysteine, mL 16.67 ± 17.03 15.63 ± 13.49 0.503
Hemorrhage, n (%) 3 (6.52) 13 (22.81) 0.023*
IC volume, mL 15.90 ± 16.10 57.05 ± 63.17 0.000*
Mean ADC value (10−3 mm2/s) 0.40 ± 0.12 0.36 ± 0.08 0.041*
NIHSSbaseline, median (P25, P75) 5 (3, 7) 7 (4, 10) 0.000*
NIHSSdischarge, median (P25, P75) 4 (1, 7) 7 (5, 10) 0.000*
mRSbaseline, median (range) 3 (0–4) 4 (1–5) 0.000*
mRSdischarge, median (range) 2 (0–4) 4 (2–5) 0.000*
Scanner, n (%) 0.306
 3.0 T MRI 36 (78.26) 49 (85.96)
 1.5 T MRI 10 (21.74) 8 (14.04)
Time from onset to MR, hours 57.7 ± 22.0 60.5 ± 18.8 0.485

IC infarcted core, ADC apparent diffusion coefficient, NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, NIHSSbaseline baseline NIHSS score on admission, NIHSSdischarge NIHSS score on discharge, mRS modified rankin scale, mRSbaseline baseline mRS score on admission, mRSdischarge mRS score on discharge, MRI magnetic resonance imaging

*P < 0.05