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Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics according to the development of haemorrhagic transformation and symptomatic intracranial haemorrhage

From: Absolute blood eosinophil count could be a potential biomarker for predicting haemorrhagic transformation after intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke

 

Non-HT (n = 178)

HT (n = 23)

p value

Non-sICH (n = 187)

sICH (n = 14)

p value

Age, years

76.0 (69.0–83.0)

82.0 (75.0–87.0)

0.020

77.0 (70.0–83.0)

83.0 (75.0–87.3)

0.033

Sex, female

107 (60.1)

13 (56.5)

0.741

111 (59.4)

9 (64.3)

0.717

Time to the start of IVT, min

150.0 (118.0–190.0)

132.0 (110.0–163.0)

0.204

150.0 (118.0–190.0)

122.5 (108.8–160.8)

0.134

Baseline NIHSS

9.0 (6.0–14.0)

14.0 (8.0–18.0)

0.014

9.0 (6.0–14.0)

16.0 (10.3–19.0)

0.021

SBP, mmHg

161.0 (143.0–185.0)

172.0 (156.0–190.0)

0.162

163.0 (143.0–186.0)

167.5 (153.8–188.5)

0.478

DBP, mmHg

90.0 (81.0–100.0)

100.0 (80.0–117.0)

0.193

92.0 (81.0–100.0)

90.0 (80.0–110.5)

0.849

INR

1.01 (0.95–1.07)

1.10 (1.01–1.19)

0.003

1.01 (0.95–1.08)

1.09 (1.02–1.29)

0.073

GFR, ml/min/1.73m2

63.51 (50.86–76.19)

56.85 (44.0–63.91)

0.040

62.53 (49.25–74.80)

58.00 (43.47–64.85)

0.256

Blood glucose, mmol/l

6.65 (5.91–7.71)

6.57 (6.02–8.68)

0.736

6.64 (5.91–7.70)

6.56(6.14–8.94)

0.610

Haemoglobin, g/l

134.0 (125.0–143.0)

136.0 (128.0–149.0)

0.399

134.0 (125.0–144.0)

130.5 (124.5–140.5)

0.440

Neutrophils, × 109/l

4.56 (3.63–6.04)

3.97 (3.46–5.53)

0.420

4.57 (3.58–6.06)

3.95 (3.26–4.55)

0.117

Lymphocytes, × 109/l

1.99 (1.46–2.57)

1.73 (1.39–2.73)

0.585

1.98 (1.44–2.57)

1.76 (1.39–2.59)

0.627

Monocytes, × 109/l

0.64 (0.50–0.80)

0.66 (0.52–0.88)

0.480

0.64 (0.50–0.81)

0.69 (0.49–0.92)

0.614

NLR

2.14 (1.57–3.39)

2.27 (1.63–3.50)

0.888

2.19 (1.57–3.44)

2.07 (1.63–2.42)

0.526

LMR

3.01 (2.32–4.57)

2.83 (2.22–3.33)

0.273

3.00 (2.29–4.56)

2.84 (2.39–3.21)

0.425

Eosinophils, × 109/l

0.13 (0.07–0.20)

0.08 (0.05–0.12)

0.026

0.12 (0.07–0.20)

0.09 (0.06–0.21)

0.454

Platelets, × 109/l

217.5 (180.8–252.3)

190.0 (163.0–243.0)

0.097

216.0 (181.0–252.0)

186.0 (150.8–244.8)

0.086

Diabetes mellitus

32 (18.0)

3 (13.0)

0.772

32 (17.1)

3 (21.4)

0.715

Atrial fibrillation at admission

59 (33.1)

16 (69.6)

0.001

66 (35.3)

9 (64.3)

0.031

Previous stroke

21 (19.0)

3 (13.0)

0.742

22 (11.8)

2 (14.3)

0.676

Pre-admission anticoagulant use

14 (7.9)

5 (21.7)

0.049

16 (8.6)

3 (21.4)

0.133

Pre-admission antiaggregant use

33 (18.5)

3 (13.0)

0.773

35 (18.7)

1 (7.1)

0.472

  1. Values are given as n (%), mean (SD), or median (IQR). DBP diastolic blood pressure, GFR glomerular filtration rate, HT haemorrhagic transformation, INR international normalized ratio, IVT intravenous thrombolysis, LMR lymphocyte to monocyte ratio, NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, NLR neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio, SBP systolic blood pressure, sICH symptomatic intracranial haemorrhage