Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of Matched Patients with Mild Stroke.

From: Intravenous Thrombolysis in Chinese Patients with Different Subtype of Mild Stroke: Thrombolysis in Patients with Mild Stroke

Characteristics

rt-PA(n = 134)

Non-rt-PA(n = 249)

p

Female, n (%)

48(35.8)

90(36.1)

1.00

Age, y (mean ± SD)

62.3 ± 10.5

63.2 ± 10.6

0.06

Hypertension, n (%)

92(68.7)

156(62.7)

0.23

Diabetes Mellitus, n (%)

24(17.9)

59(23.7)

0.20

Atrial Fibrillation, n (%)

10(7.5)

21(8.4)

0.25

History of stroke, n (%)

23(17.2)

89(35.7)

<0.001

Smoking, n (%)

63(47.0)

71(28.5)

<0.001

Pre- stroke mRS 0–1

129(96.3)

234(94.7)

0.51

NIHSS, median (IQR)

4(4–5)

4(4–5)

1.00

Stroke subtype, n (%)

0.82

 Large artery atherosclerosis

77(57.5)

152(61.0)

 

 Small vessel occlusion

30(22.4)

56(22.5)

 

 Cardioembolism

11(8.2)

18(7.2)

 

 Other/Undetermined

16(11.9)

23(9.2)

 

Treatment during hospitalization, n (%)

 Anti-platelet

121(90.3)

229(92.0)

0.86

 Anticoagulants

29(21.6)

77(30.9)

0.01

 Antihypertensive

57(42.5)

129(51.8)

0.06

  1. IQR: interquartile range; mRS: modified Rankin Scale; NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; rt-PA: recombinant tissue plasminogen activator; SD: Standard Deviation.