Table 1 Baseline characteristics

Male (%)

94 (58 %)

459 (54 %)

0.35

Mean age (SD), years

66 (13)

69 (14)

0.004^d

Median NIHSS at presentation (IQR)

7 (5–9)

12 (7–17)

<0.001^d

Mean serum glucose level (SD), mmol/L

6.9 (2.1)

6.9 (2.3)

0.78^d

Mean onset to treatment time (SD), minutes^a

164 (81)

151 (58)

0.04^c

Hyperglycemia (>8 mmol/L)

35 (22 %)

178 (21 %)

0.85

Total cholesterol (SD) mmol/L^b

HDL (SD) mmol/L^b

LDL (SD) mmol/L^b

4.7 (1.9)

1.4 (0.6)

2.9 (1.4)

4.5 (1.9)

1.1 (0.6)

2.8 (1.4)

0.36 ^d

0.61 ^d

0.55 ^d

Hypertension (%)

84 (52 %)

426 (50 %)

0.69

Diabetes (%)

32 (20 %)

128 (15 %)

0.13

Hypercholesterolemia (%)

103 (64 %)

460 (54 %)

0.026

Atrial fibrillation (%)

22 (14 %)

201 (24 %)

0.005

Smoking (%)^c

53 (33 %)

206 (25 %)

0.04