Table 1 Baseline characteristics of VBAO patients across training, test, and external validation datasets

From: AI prediction model for endovascular treatment of vertebrobasilar occlusion with atrial fibrillation

 

Training dataset

Test dataset

External validation dataset

 

Unfavorable outcome

Favorable outcome

Unfavorable outcome

Favorable outcome

Unfavorable outcome

Favorable outcome

N

202

166

86

71

108

129

Demographic factors

Age (mean (SD))

64.47 (11.17)

62.39 (12.64)

65.06 (11.29)

59.82 (12.37)

74.87 (11.17)

74.31 (13.04)

Sex (male), n (%)

143 (70.8)

115 (69.3)

59 (68.6)

52 (73.2)

48 (44.4)

73 (56.6)

Clinical characteristics

Smoking, n (%)a

69 (34.2)

47 (28.3)

28 (32.6)

27 (38.0)

  

Drinking, n (%)a

42 (20.8)

36 (21.7)

17 (19.8)

23 (32.4)

  

Pre-morbid mRS (median [IQR])a

0.00 [0.00, 0.00]

0.00 [0.00, 0.00]

0.00 [0.00, 0.00]

0.00 [0.00, 0.00]

  

NIHSS (mean (SD))

23.20 (8.42)

19.28 (9.91)

23.10 (8.31)

18.68 (9.50)

15.56 (10.25)

13.34 (8.60)

Hypertension, n (%)

143 (70.8)

117 (70.5)

62 (72.1)

60 (84.5)

84 (77.8)

97 (75.2)

Diabetes, n (%)

42 (20.8)

44 (26.5)

17 (19.8)

9 (12.7)

29 (26.9)

29 (22.5)

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

84 (41.6)

48 (28.9)

29 (33.7)

23 (32.4)

53 (49.1)

51 (39.5)

Coronary heart disease, n (%)a

17 (8.4)

21 (12.7)

13 (15.1)

5 (7.0)

  

Stroke/TIA, n (%)a

54 (26.7)

32 (19.3)

25 (29.1)

17 (23.9)

  

Heart Valve Diseases, n (%)a

8 (4.0)

7 (4.2)

2 (2.3)

3 (4.2)

  

Onset form, n (%)

      

Reach the peak quickly

105 (52.0)

81 (48.8)

49 (57.0)

38 (53.5)

  

Progressive stroke

71 (35.1)

67 (40.4)

28 (32.6)

27 (38.0)

  

Fluctuation

9 (4.5)

8 (4.8)

2 (2.3)

4 (5.6)

  

Occlusion site, n (%)a

      

BA remote

50 (24.8)

46 (27.7)

14 (16.3)

17 (23.9)

  

BA mid

56 (27.7)

38 (22.9)

19 (22.1)

14 (19.7)

  

BA proximal

36 (17.8)

31 (18.7)

24 (27.9)

16 (22.5)

  

VA V4

60 (29.7)

51 (30.7)

29 (33.7)

24 (33.8)

  

INR (mean (SD))a

1.11 (0.29)

1.08 (0.23)

1.06 (0.27)

1.08 (0.22)

  

Glucose (mean (SD))

6.69 [5.79, 8.27]

6.50 [5.89, 8.59]

7.71 (2.84)

7.82 (2.70)

8.15 (2.63)

8.45 (3.80)

Treatment-related factors

EOT (mean (SD))

7.14 (4.98)

6.49 (4.63)

6.82 (5.35)

6.55 (5.25)

4.80 (2.11)

4.99 (2.20)

mTICI (2b), n (%)

174 (86.1)

155 (93.4)

79 (91.9)

63 (88.7)

90 (83.3)

109 (84.5)

Anesthesia (general), n (%)

84 (41.6)

71 (42.8)

35 (40.7)

23 (32.4)

47 (48.0)

44 (34.1)

sICH, n (%)

20 (9.9)

3 (1.8)

13 (15.1)

1 (1.4)

7 (6.5)

4 (3.1)

Antiplatelet, n (%)a

      

No

169 (83.7)

132 (79.5)

72 (83.7)

64 (90.1)

  

Monoantiplatelet

15 (7.4)

17 (10.2)

10 (11.6)

4 (5.6)

  

Dual antiplatelet

18 (8.9)

17 (10.2)

4 (4.7)

3 (4.2)

  

Anticoagulation, n (%)a

15 (7.4)

17 (10.2)

9 (10.5)

7 (9.9)

  

Statin, n (%)a

22 (10.9)

26 (15.7)

14 (16.3)

5 (7.0)

  

Intravenous thrombolysis, n (%)

38 (18.8)

44 (26.5)

16 (18.6)

17 (23.9)

29 (26.9)

40 (31.0)

Imaging scores

PC-ASPECTS (mean (SD))a

8.23 (1.69)

8.57 (1.44)

8.17 (1.68)

8.49 (1.51)

  

ASITN/SIR, n (%)

      

0-1

164 (81.2)

116 (69.9)

73 (84.9)

50 (70.4)

47 (45.2)

35 (30.7)

2

22 (10.9)

24 (14.5)

11 (12.8)

11 (15.5)

34 (32.7)

23 (20.2)

3-4

16 (7.9)

26 (15.7)

2 (2.3)

10 (14.1)

23 (22.1)

56 (49.1)

  1. BA Basilar Artery, EOT Time from Estimated Occlusion to Groin Puncture, IQR Interquartile Range, NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, NOACs Novel Oral Anticoagulants, PC-ASPECTS Posterior Circulation Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score, SD Standard Deviation, sICH Symptomatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage, SMD Standardized Mean Difference, VA Vertebral Artery.
  2. aThe external validation dataset from Europe failed to provide data for this variable.