Oxfordshire community stroke project classification improves prediction of post-thrombolysis symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage

Table 2 Characteristics of the study patients

	n = 548
Demographics
Age, mean (SD)	67 (12)
Male, n (%)	345 (63.0)
Medical history, n (%)
Hypertension	406 (74.1)
Diabetes mellitus	177 (32.3)
Hyperlipidaemia	303 (55.3)
Atrial fibrillation	169 (30.8)
Congestive heart failure	37 (6.8)
Prior stroke/TIA	116 (21.2)
Current smoking	183 (33.4)
Antiplatelets	129 (23.5)
Warfarin	9 (1.6)
Clinical data
Baseline NIHSS score, median (IQR)	13 (8–20)
Body weight, mean (SD), kg	65 (13)
Systolic blood pressure, mean (SD), mm Hg	161 (30)
Glucose, mean (SD), mmol/L	8.49 (3.72)
Platelet count, mean (SD), ×10⁹/L	215 (70)
Actual tPA dose, median (IQR), mg/kg	0.86 (0.75–0.91)
OTT, median (IQR), min	125 (100–155)
OCSP classification, n (%)
TACI	207 (37.8)
PACI	162 (29.6)
POCI	48 (8.8)
LACI	111 (20.3)
Uncertain	20 (3.6)

IQR indicates interquartile range; LACI: lacunar infarct; NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; OCSP: Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project; OTT: onset-to-treatment time; PACI: partial anterior circulation infarcts; POCI: posterior circulation infarcts; SD: standard deviation; TACI: total anterior circulation infarcts; TIA: transient ischemic attack; tPA: tissue-type plasminogen activator.

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