In-hospital clinical outcomes in diffusion weighted imaging-negative stroke treated with intravenous thrombolysis

BMC Neurology

Table 2 Crude and adjusted OR of DWI negative for in-hospital clinical outcomes

	In-hospital clinical outcomes	DWI negative imaging, n (%)	DWI positive imaging, n (%)	Crude OR	95% CI	P value	Adjusted^a OR	95% CI	P value
Multivariable analysis	Early neurological improvement	28 (51.9)	143 (37.3)	1.20	0.30–4.79	0.80	0.93	0.17–4.91	0.93
Multivariable analysis	Favourable clinical outcome	40 (74.1)	159 (41.5)	1.92	0.48–7.75	0.36	2.40	0.48–11.95	0.28
Sensitivity analysis^b	Early neurological improvement	28 (51.9)	127 (36.9)	2.01	0.81–4.95	0.13	1.83	0.64–5.22	0.26
Sensitivity analysis^b	Favourable clinical outcome	40 (74.1)	153 (44.5)	1.73	0.68–4.36	0.25	1.49	0.51–4.34	0.47

Abbreviations: OR Odd ratio, CI Confidence intervals, DWI Diffusion weighted imaging
^aAdjusted for age, male, time from symptom onset to the first MR scan, admission NIHSS score, posterior circulation stroke, smoking, admission SBP level, admission serum glucose level, cholesterol level, Fazekas scale, and large vessel occlusion
^bSensitivity analyses after excluding patients treated with bridging mechanical thrombectomy

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