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Table 2 Thrombolysis rate in white and non-white patients

From: Ethnicity and thrombolysis in ischemic stroke: a hospital based study in Amsterdam

 

White (n = 392)

Non-white (n = 118)

p value

Intravenous thrombolysis

18%

7%

0.003

Time interval (thrombolysed patients)

   

   Onset-to-treatment time (minutes)

105 (80-147)

120 (91-165)

0.51

   Door-to-needle time (minutes)

31 (21-55)

37 (27-114)

0.35

  1. Continuous variables are given as medians with interquartile ranges between brackets. The data from the onset-to-treatment and door-to-needle times are derived from patients who received thrombolysis only.
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BMC Neurology

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