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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of SPAN-100-positive and SPAN-100-negative patients

From: Re-evaluation of the stroke prognostication using age and NIH Stroke Scale index (SPAN-100 index) in IVT patients — the-SPAN 10065 index

Variable

Total

(n = 1002)

SPAN pos.

(n = 124)

SPAN neg.

(n = 878)

p-value

 Age (years), median (IQR)

73 (18)

87 (8)

72 (17)

<  0.001

 Sex (female), n (%)

473 (47.2%)

81 (65.3%)

392 (44.6%)

<  0.001

Risk factors, n (%)

 Hypertension

872 (87.0%)

111 (89.5%)

761 (86.7%)

0.475

 Hypercholesterolemia

571 (57.3%)

47 (37.9%)

524 (60.0%)

<  0.001

 Nicotine

145 (14.5%)

7 (5.6%)

138 (15.7%)

0.002

 Diabetes

330 (32.9%)

40 (32.3%)

290 (33.0%)

0.919

 Coronary artery disease

283 (28.2%)

46 (37.1%)

237 (27.0%)

0.025

 Previous myocardial infarction

112 (11.2%)

19 (15.3%)

93 (10.6%)

0.128

 Previous stroke/TIA

241 (24.1%)

33 (26.6%)

208 (23.7%)

0.501

 Atrial fibrillation

412 (41.1%)

86 (69.4%)

326 (37.1%)

< 0.001

 door-to-needle time [min.] Median (IQR)

32 (26)

34,5 (24)

32 (26)

0.543

 NIHSS-score on admission Median (IQR)

10 (10)

19 (6)

8 (8)

< 0.001

 Pre-stroke mRS: 0–1, n (%)

753 (75.1%)

57 (46.0%)

696 (79.3%

< 0.001

Vital signs/laboratory findings

 Temperature on admission [°C] median (IQR)

36.6 (1.0)

36.4 (1.0)

36.7 (0.9)

0.004

 Blood glucose on admission [mg/dl] median (IQR)

117 (41)

118 (34)

116 (43)

0.509

 Systolic blood pressure on admission [mmHg], median (IQR)

160 (36)

160 (37)

160 (35)

0.748

 Diastolic blood pressure on admission [mmHg], median (IQR)

88.5 (23)

85 (19)

89 (23)

0.028

 Leucocytes on admission [× 103/μl] median (IQR)

8.40 (3.73)

8.63 (3.61)

8.31 (3.79)

0.073

 CRP on admission [mg/l],median (IQR)

4.3 (8.1)

6.85 (13.2)

4.0 (7.8)

0.001

 Platelet count on admission [×103] median (IQR)

234 (98)

243.5 (102)

232 (97))

0.205

 Triglycerides [mg/dl] median (IQR)

115 (71)

106 (49)

118 (78)

0.055

Stroke subtype

0.001

 Large artery disease

92 (9.3%)

8 (6.5%)

84 (9.7%)

 

 Cardioembolic

440 (44.3%)

88 (71%)

352 (40.5%)

 

 Small-vessel disease

36 (3.6%)

3 (2.4%)

33 (3.8%)

 

 Other

36 (3.6%)

0

36 (4.1%)

 

 Unknown

389 (39.2%)

25 (20.2%)

364 (41.9%)

 
  1. Abbreviations SPAN = Stroke Prognostication using Age and NIH Stroke Scale, NIHSS = NIH Stroke Scale, TIA = transient ischemic attack, CRP = C-reactive protein