Table 1 The clinical and demographical characteristics of patients before treatment(s) (for stroke)
Parameters | Cohorts | Comparisons | |
|---|---|---|---|
EA cohort | ET cohort | ||
Treatment(s) | Endovascular thrombectomy + intravenous alteplase intervention | Endovascular thrombectomy | |
Numbers of patients who underwent treatment | 184 | 141 | p-value |
Age (years) | |||
 Minimum | 58 | 59 | 0.231 |
 Maximum | 73 | 71 | |
 Mean ± SD | 64.12 ± 5.49 | 63.41 ± 5.01 | |
Sex | |||
 Male | 103 (56) | 89 (63) | 0.212 |
 Female | 81 (44) | 52 (37) | |
The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score | |||
 Minimum | 6 | 6 | 0.441 |
 Maximum | 22 | 22 | |
 Median | 14 | 14 | |
 Mean ± SD | 16.34 ± 4.60 | 13.94 ± 4.69 | |
Previous ischemic stroke | 21 (11) | 19 (13) | 0.612 |
History of atrial fibrillation | 71 (39) | 49 (35) | 0.489 |
Type-2 diabetic | 32 (17) | 28 (20) | 0.568 |
Hypertensive | 101 (55) | 82 (58) | 0.574 |
Hypercholesterolemia | 8 (4) | 7 (5) | 0.796 |
Peripheral artery disease | 3 (2) | 1 (1) | 0.636 |
Smoking | |||
 No smoker | 147 (80) | 108 (77) | 0.768 |
 Previous smoker | 35 (19) | 31 (22) | |
 Current smoker | 2 (1) | 2 (1) | |
The modified Rankin scale score | |||
 0 | 120 (65) | 82 (58) | 0.427 |
 1 | 45 (24) | 41 (29) | |
 2 | 19 (10) | 18 (13) | |
The Alberta Stroke Program Early Computed Tomography Score | 8.15 ± 1.85 | 8.11 ± 1.86 | 0.847 |
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 145 ± 11 | 143 ± 12 | 0.119 |
Blood glucose (mg/ dL) | 129 ± 11 | 127 ± 15 | 0.167 |
Reasons for stroke | |||
 Cardio-embolism | 79 (43) | 61 (43) | 0.973 |
 Intracranial atherosclerosis | 15 (8) | 13 (9) | |
 Ipsilateral extracranial internal carotid artery obstruction | 21 (11) | 17 (12) | |
 Unspecified | 69 (38) | 50 (35) | |
Intracranial artery occlusion location | |||
 Intracranial internal carotid artery | 61 (33) | 41 (29) | 0.681 |
 M1 segment of middle cerebral artery | 95 (52) | 75 (53) | |
 M2 segment of middle cerebral artery | 28 (15) | 25 (18) | |