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Table 1 Characteristics of AIS patients

From: Intravenous thrombolytic therapy for acute ischemic stroke in Hubei, China: a survey of thrombolysis rate and barriers

Factors

Total (%)

Used rt-PA

χ 2

P

Yes

No

Age, year

  < 40

40 (1.9)

5 (12.5)

35 (87.5)

9.766

0.008

 41–65

1008 (48.1)

41 (4.1)

967 (95.9)

  

  > 65

1048 (50.0)

33 (3.1)

1015 (96.9)

  

Gender

 Male

1316 (62.8)

65 (4.9)

1251 (95.1)

13.350

0.000

 Female

780 (37.2)

14 (1.8)

766 (98.2)

  

Ethnicity

 Han nationality

2052 (97.9)

78 (3.8)

1974 (96.2)

0.277

0.598

 Non-Han nationality

44 (2.1)

1 (2.3)

43 (97.7)

  

Education

 Education ≤6 yearsa

810 (38.6)

17 (2.1)

793 (97.9)

10.155

0.001

 Education > 6 years

1286 (61.4)

62 (4.8)

1224 (95.2)

  

The per capital monthly household income (yuan)

  > 5000

298 (14.2)

9 (3.0)

289 (7.0)

0.904

0.824

 3000–5000

1016 (48.5)

40 (3.9)

976 (96.1)

  

 1000–3000

656 (31.3)

24 (3.7)

632 (96.3)

  

  ≤ 1000

126 (6.0)

6 (4.8)

120 (95.2)

  

Medical insurance

 Yes

2030 (96.9)

78 (3.8)

1952 (96.2)

0.954

0.329

 No

66 (3.1)

1 (1.5)

65 (98.5)

  

History of hypertension

 Yes

1457 (69.5)

52 (3.6)

1405 (96.4)

0.528

0.468

 No

639 (30.5)

27 (4.2)

612 (95.8)

  

History of diabetesb

 Yes

427 (20.4)

17 (4.0)

410 (96.0)

0.067

0.796

 No

1669 (79.6)

62 (3.7)

1607 (96.3)

  

History of hyperlipidemia

 Yes

233 (11.1)

10 (4.3)

223 (95.7)

0.198

0.657

 No

1863 (88.9)

69 (3.7)

1794 (96.3)

  

History of coronary artery diseasec

 Yes

218 (10.4)

8 (3.7)

210 (96.3)

0.007

0.935

 No

1878 (89.6)

71 (3.8)

1807 (96.2)

  

History of cardiac arrhythmia

 Yes

72 (3.4)

2 (2.8)

70 (97.2)

0.202

0.653

 No

2024 (96.6)

77 (3.8)

1947 (96.2)

  

Previous stroke

 Yes

683 (32.6)

15 (2.2)

668 (97.8)

6.911

0.010

 No

1413 (67.4)

64 (4.5)

1349 (95.5)

  

Admitted to hospital by EMS

 Yes

323 (15.4)

39 (12.1)

284 (87.9)

72.617

0.000

 No

1773 (84.6)

40 (2.3)

1733 (97.7)

  

NIHSS

  < 4

1090 (52.0)

26 (2.4)

1064 (97.6)

11.989

0.001

  ≥ 4

1006 (48.0)

53 (5.3)

953 (94.7)

  

Pre-hospital delay

  < 3 h

646 (30.8)

60 (9.3)

586 (90.7)

78.415

0.000

  ≥ 3 h

1450 (69.2)

19 (1.3)

1431 (98.7)

  
  1. EMS emergency medical services, NIHSS National institutes of health stroke scale
  2. aDefined as illiterate or having only finished primary education
  3. bConfirmed diagnosis of Type 1 or 2 diabetes mellitus on admission
  4. cCoronary artery disease includes prior myocardial infarction, or angina