Predictors of clinical outcome at three months
| Outcome | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Good (mRS 0–2) | Poor or death (mRS 3–6) | Total (n) | |
| Data shown as mean (SD) and number (%). mRS, modified Rankin scale score; NIHSSS, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale score; TIMI, thrombolysis in myocardial infarction; p, difference between subgroups by Fisher’s exact test. | ||||
| Patients (n) | 4 (17) | 20 (83) | 24 | |
| Mean age (y) (SD) | 47 (4) | 63 (13) | 60 (13) | |
| Age ⩽60 | 4 (33) | p=0.012 | 8 (67) | 12 |
| Age >60 | 0 (0) | 12 (100) | 12 | |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 0 (0) | NS | 9 (100) | 9 |
| Female | 4 (27) | 11 (73) | 15 | |
| Diabetes | ||||
| Yes | 0 (0) | NS | 5 (100) | 5 |
| No | 4 (21) | 15 (79) | 19 | |
| Smoking | ||||
| Yes | 1 (33) | NS | 2 (67) | 3 |
| No | 3 (14) | 18 (86) | 21 | |
| Hypercholesterolaemia | ||||
| Yes | 1 (25) | NS | 3 (75) | 4 |
| No | 3 (15) | 17 (85) | 20 | |
| Hypertension | ||||
| Yes | 1 (9) | NS | 10 (91) | 11 |
| No | 3 (23) | 10 (77) | 13 | |
| NIHSSS on admission | ||||
| ⩽10 | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 1 | |
| 11–15 | 0 (0) | NS | 3 (100) | 3 |
| >15 | 3 (15) | 17 (85) | 20 | |
| Time to treatment | ||||
| ⩽4 hours | 2 (15) | NS | 11 (85) | 13 |
| >4 hours | 2 (18) | 9 (82) | 11 | |
| CT Dense artery | ||||
| Yes | 3 (19) | NS | 13 (81) | 16 |
| No | 1 (13) | 7 (87) | 8 | |
| CT early signs of ischaemia | ||||
| Yes | 1 (9) | NS | 11 (91) | 12 |
| No | 3 (25) | 9 (75) | 12 | |
| Extension of ICA occlusion | ||||
| Extracranial and intracranial | 2 (22) | NS | 7 (78) | 9 |
| Intracranial only | 2 (15) | 13 (85) | 15 | |
| Recanalisation ICA | ||||
| TIMI 0 or 1 | 1 (11) | 8 (89) | 9 | |
| TIMI 2 | 1 (25) | NS | 3 (75) | 4 |
| TIMI 3 | 2 (18) | 9 (82) | 11 | |
| Recanalisation MCA | ||||
| TIMI 0 or 1 | 2 (10) | 18 (90) | 20 | |
| TIMI 2 | 2 (50) | NS | 2 (50) | 4 |
| TIMI 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Recanalisation ACA | ||||
| TIMI 0 or 1 | 3 (19) | 13 (81) | 16 | |
| TIMI 2 | 1 (13) | NS | 7 (87) | 8 |
| TIMI 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Collaterals | ||||
| Sufficient | 4 (33) | p=0.02 | 8 (67) | 12 |
| Insufficient | 0 (0) | 12 (100) | 12 | |
| Stroke aetiology | ||||
| Cardioembolic | 0 (0) | NS | 7 (100) | 7 |
| Unknown | 1 (20) | 4 (80) | 5 | |
| Large artery disease | 3 (27) | 8 (73) | 11 | |
| Others | 0 (0) | 1 (100) | 1 | |