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Table 1 Patient’s characteristics based on gender

From: Does the sex of acute stroke patients influence the effectiveness of rt-PA?

Factors

Males (n = 199)

Females (n = 170)

P value

53.9%

46.1%

Age (years)

67 ± 13

70 ± 14

0.014

Baseline NIHSS (mean ± SD)

16 ± 6

17 ± 5

0.4

NIHSS:

  

0.2

   0-5

6

0 (0%)

   6-10

(3%)

26 (15.3%)

   11-15

29 (14.6%)

42 (24.&%)

   16-20

53 (26.6%)

61 (35.9%)

   >20

64 (32.2%)

41 (24.1%)

Systolic BP (mean ± SD)

157 ± 21

158 ± 23

0.7

Glucose (mean ± SD)

140 ± 55

159 ± 88

0.012

Glucose >200 mg/dl

19 (10%)

34 (21.5%)

0.004

Diabetes mellitus

33/143 (23.1%)

52/123 (42.3%)

0.001

ASPECT score on CT

8.4 ± 2

8.5 ± 1.4

0.6

Time from stroke onset to IV t-PA (mean ± SD) minutes (median ± SD) minutes

143 ± 73

142 ± 41

0.9

142 ± 41

143 ± 73

Time from stroke onset to TCD exam:

  

0.9

(mean ± SD) minutes

140 ± 84

140 ± 64

(median ± SD) minutes

136 ± 4

134 ± 96

Stroke TOAST classification:

  

0.6

   Large artery atherosclerosis

53 (26.6%)

39 (23.1%)

   Cardio-embolism

93 (46.7%)

80 (47.3%)

   Small vessel occlusion

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

   Other: determined

3 (1.5%)

5 (3%)

   Unknown

50 (25.1%)

45 (26.6%)

Type of occlusion:

  

0.13

   MCA M1

87 (44%)

95 (56%)

   MCA M2

62 (31%)

38 (22%)

   T. ICA

6 (3%)

10 (6%)

   Tandem ICA/MCA

37 (19%)

24 (14%)

   Basilar artery

4 (2%)

1 (0.6%)

   Vertebral artery

2 (1%)

1 (0.6%)

   PCA or ACA

1 (0.5%)

1 (0.6%)

TCD flow findings:

  

0.6

   Persistent occlusion

73 (36.6%)

71 (41.8%)

   Partial recanalization

58 (29.1%)

46 (27%)

   Compete recanalization

68 (34.2%)

53 (31.2%)

Time from IV tPA bolus to complete recanalization (mean ± SD) minutes

134 ± 96

136 ± 74

0.8

Clinical deterioration following treatment improvement

26 (13%)

18 (11%)

0.4

Arterial re-occlusion

28 (14%)

29 (17.1%)

0.9

S ICH

17 (8.5%)

13 (7.6%)

0.7

Good long-term outcome (mRS < at 3 months)

78/160 (49%)

65/142 (46%)

0.6