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

Table 3 Logistic regression model of potential determinants for thrombolysis use in AIS patients

Factor	P	OR(95%CI)^b
Age
< 40		1
41–65	0.049	0.31 (0.10–0.99)
> 65	0.025	0.25 (0.08–0.84)
Male	0.004	2.56 (1.35–4.84)
Education > 6 years^a	0.023	2.08 (1.11–3.90)
The per capital monthly household income (yuan)
> 5000		1
3000–5000	0.792	1.17 (0.36–3.84)
1000–3000	0.605	1.29 (0.49–3.42)
≤ 1000	0.852	0.91 (0.33–2.48)
No medical insurance	0.184	0.25 (0.03–1.93)
Previous stroke	0.047	0.53 (0.28–0.99)
Admitted to hospital by EMS	0.000	3.36 (2.00–5.62)
NIHSS< 4	0.003	0.46 (0.27–0.77)
Pre-hospital delay time ≤ 3 h	0.000	5.81 (3.31–10.20)

CI confidence intervals, EMS emergency medical services, NIHSS National institutes of health stroke scale, OR Odds ratio
^aDefined as illiterate or having only finished primary education
^bAdjusted for all other variables plus patients’ medical history of hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, coronary artery disease, and cardiac arrhythmia

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