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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients in the two outcome groups

From: Effect of short-term blood pressure variability on functional outcome after intra-arterial treatment in acute stroke patients with large-vessel occlusion

Variable

Total

Favorable outcome group (n = 42, 58.3%)

Unfavorable outcome group (n = 30, 41.7%)

P value

Age (years), mean ± SD

64.8 ± 10.9

64.5 ± 11.8

65.1 ± 9.8

0.820

Male, n (%)

45 (62.5)

27 (64.3)

18 (60.0)

0.711

Hypertension, n (%)

48 (66.7)

28 (66.7)

20 (66.7)

1.000

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

23 (31.9)

17 (40.5)

6 (20.0)

0.066

Coronary heart disease, n (%)

21 (29.2)

12 (28.6)

9 (30.0)

0.895

Atrial fibrillation, n (%)

24 (33.3)

16 (31.8)

8 (26.7)

0.310

Previous history of cerebrovascular disease, n (%)

10 (13.9)

5 (11.9)

5 (16.7)

0.565

Previous antiplatelet therapy, n (%)

14 (19.4)

9 (21.4)

5 (16.7)

0.615

Current smoker, n (%)

34 (47.2)

21 (50.0)

13 (43.3)

0.576

NIHSS score at admission, median (IQR)

14 (9–19)

13 (8–17)

17 (12–20)

0.015a

Glucose level at admission (mg/dL), mean ± SD

152.3 ± 85.0

163.8 ± 108.0

135.0 ± 30.6

0.157

SBP level at admission (mmHg), mean ± SD

153.8 ± 23.5

146.9 ± 18.5

163.5 ± 25.5

0.003a

DBP level at admission (mmHg), mean ± SD

85.2 ± 13.4

83.4 ± 12.8

87.6 ± 14.0

0.189

LDL-C at admission (mg/dL), median (IQR)

44.73 (34.97–55.71)

45.18 (34.43–53.15)

44.01 (35.19–57.60)

0.541

TOAST type, n (%)

 Large artery atherosclerosis

44 (61.1)

23 (54.8)

21 (70.0)

0.442

 Cardioembolism

23 (31.9)

16 (38.1)

7 (23.3)

 

 Clear reason

4 (5.6)

2 (4.8)

2 (6.7)

 

 Unknown reason

1 (1.4)

1 (2.4)

0 (0.0)

 

ASPECTS at admission, median (IQR)

8 (7–9)

8 (8-9)

7 (6.75–8)

< 0.001a

Vascular lesion

 M1 of the middle cerebral artery

51 (70.8)

35 (83.3)

16 (53.3)

0.006a

 Internal carotid artery

21 (29.2)

7 (16.7)

14 (46.7)

 

Type of anesthesia

 General anesthesia, n (%)

9 (12.5)

4 (9.5)

5 (16.7)

0.366

 Conscious sedation, n (%)

63 (87.5)

38 (90.5)

25 (83.3)

0.366

Time from stroke onset to groin puncture (min), mean ± SD

290.5 ± 80.5

297.0 ± 72.5

281.4 ± 91.1

0.421

Type of endovascular treatment

 Combined intravenous thrombolysis and thrombectomy, n (%)

19 (26.4)

8 (19.0)

11 (36.7)

0.094

 Intra-arterial thrombolysis, n (%)

10 (13.9)

9 (21.4)

1 (3.3)

0.029a

 Direct mechanical thrombectomy, n (%)

43 (59.7)

25 (59.5)

18 (60.0)

0.968

Frequency of mechanical thrombectomy, median (IQR)

2 (2–3)

2 (1–3)

3 (2–3)

0.024a

Rates of successful recanalization, n (%)

62 (86.1)

40 (95.2)

22 (73.3)

0.008a

Intracranial haemorrhagic transformation, n (%)

 HI1

5 (6.9)

4 (9.5)

1 (3.3)

0.197

 HI2

5 (6.9)

2 (4.8)

3 (10.0)

 

 PH1

2 (2.8)

0 (0.0)

2 (6.7)

 

 PH2

1 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

1 (3.3)

 
  1. NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, ASPECTS Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score, HI petechial infarction without space-occupying effect, PH haemorrhage (coagulum) with mass effect
  2. aStatistically significant