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Table 1 Comparison of baseline characteristics of patients with basilar artery occlusion according to first-line thrombectomy method

From: Effect of manual aspiration thrombectomy using large-bore aspiration catheter for acute basilar artery occlusion: comparison with a stent retriever system

 

All patients, n = 50

First-line MAT, n = 16

First-line SR, n = 34

P value

Age, mean (range)

68.1 (18–89)

65.25 (51–84)

69.38 (18–89)

0.34

Sex (male)

26 (52.0)

10 (62.5)

16 (47.0)

0.308

Hypertension

28 (56.0)

6 (37.5)

22 (64.7)

0.071

Hypercholesterolemia

5 (10.0)

3 (18.7)

2 (5.8)

0.311

Diabetes

13 (26.0)

5 (31.2)

8 (23.5)

0.731

Smoking

4 (8.0)

1 (6)

3 (8.8)

0.754

Atrial fibrillation

14 (28.0)

7 (43.7)

7 (20.5)

0.089

Coronary artery disease

2 (4.0)

0 (0)

2 (5.8)

0.322

IV tPA

22 (44.0)

5 (31.2)

17 (50)

0.213

Admission NIHSSa

21 (13.25–25)

19.5 (13.5–22.25)

21.5 (13.25–26.75)

0.371

Branching-site occlusion

24 (48)

11 (68.8)

13 (38.2)

0.044

  1. Values in parentheses represent the number of patients (%). aData are medians and the numbers in parentheses are IQRs. MAT Manual aspiration thrombectomy, SR Stent retriever, IV tPA Intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator, NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale