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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the patients

From: Intravenous fibrinolysis plus endovascular thrombectomy versus direct endovascular thrombectomy for anterior circulation acute ischemic stroke: clinical and infarct volume results

Characteristics

CoT (n = 70)

Direct ET (n = 75)

b

Age, Mean (SD), y

71.9 (10.6)

69.1 (13.2)

0.152

Gender, n F (%)

32 (45.7)

38 (50.6)

0.49a

Baseline NIHSS, median (IQR)

18 (15–21)

19 (15–20)

0.55c

Risk factors

 Hypertension, n (%)

52 (74.3)

53 (70.6)

0.62a

 Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

12 (17.1)

11 (14.6)

0.68a

 Atrial fibrillation, n (%)

30 (42.8)

37 (49.3)

0.43a

 Hyperlipidemia, n (%)

29 (41.4)

23 (30.6)

0.17a

Antiplatelet or anticoagulant use, n (%)

34 (48.6)

37 (49.3)

0.85a

Sistolic Blood Pressure, Mean (SD), mmHg

145.6 (12.6)

147.3 (24.8)

0.70b

Diastolic Blood Pressure, Mean (SD), mmHg

81.9 (15.3)

81.1 (12.5)

0.77b

Serum glucose, Mean (SD), mg/dl

130.4 (54.6)

139.4 (82.7)

0.59b

ASPECTS score; median (IQR)

9 (8–10)

9 (8–10)

0.06c

Cause of stroke (TOAST)

  

0.7

 Large-artery disease, (%)

23.4

20.0

 

 Small-artery disease, (%)

0.0

0.0

 

 Cardioembolic, (%)

54.7

55.0

 

 Other, (%)

4.7

6.6

 

Unknown, (%)

17.2

18.4

 

Site of occlusion

 tICA, n (%)

9 (12.8)

22 (29.3)

0.06a

 MCA-M1 segment, n (%)

46 (65.7)

40 (53.3)

 

 MCA-M2 segment, n (%)

15 (21.4)

13 (17.3)

 
  1. aPearson’s chi-squared test; bMann-Whitney test for unpaired groups; cWilcoxon rank sum test; IQR inter-quartile range, NIHSS National Institute of Health Stroke Scalem, SD standard deviation, MCA middle cerebral artery, tICA terminal ICA, PCSE potential cardiac sources of embolism, CoT combined therapy, ET endovascular therapy