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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Determinants of extended door-to-needle time in acute ischemic stroke and its influence on in-hospital mortality: results of a nationwide Dutch clinical audit

 

Total

2015

2016

p-value

Number of patients

9518

4814

4704

 

Number of hospitals

75

75

74

Patient characteristics

Age in years (mean,sd)

71.0 (13.7)

70.9 (13.9)

71.0 (13.6)

0.77

Women (n, %)

4297 (46.0%)

2207 (46.4%)

2090 (45.5%)

0.39

Median onset-to-door time (IQR)

71.0 (45–119)

71.0 (45–119)

71.0 (45–119)

0.89

Hospital factors

Admission to comprehensive stroke center

3079 (32.3%)

1619 (33.6%)

1460 (31.0%)

0.01

Admission during off-hours

4696 (49.2%)

2358 (49.0%)

2328 (49.5%)

0.64

Median door-to-needle time (IQR)

26.0 (20–37)

27.0 (20–37)

25.0 (19–35)

< 0.001

Outcome measure

In-hospital mortality

561 (5.9%)

296 (6.2%)

265 (5.6%)

0.29