Table 1 Patient characteristics at baseline
From: Quality of life after ischaemic stroke—accent on patients with thrombolytic therapy
Factors | Thrombolized patients (TP) (n = 50) | Non-thrombolized patients (NTP) (n = 100) | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | |||
Age | Mean (years) | 68.64 ± 12.29 | 68.82 ± 10.93 | 0.927 | ||
> 65 years | 31 | 62.0 | 65 | 65.0 | 0.720 | |
Sex | Male | 32 | 64.0 | 58 | 58.0 | 0.483 |
Female | 18 | 36.0 | 42 | 42.0 | ||
Ischemic stroke | First-ever stroke | 44 | 88.0 | 72 | 72.0 | 0.027 |
Recurrent stroke | 6 | 12.0 | 28 | 28.0 | ||
Localization | Anterior circulation | 34 | 68.0 | 42 | 42.0 | 0.002 |
• Left hemisphere | 19 | 38.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 0.216 | |
• Right hemisphere | 15 | 30.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 0.019 | |
Posterior circulation | 16 | 32.0 | 58 | 58.0 | 0.002 | |
Stroke severity | Mean (NIHSS) on admission | 10.78 ± 4.66 | 6.59 ± 4.15 | < 0.001 | ||
Mean (NIHSS) on discharge | 5.78 ± 4.52 | 4.53 ± 3.56 | 0.067 | |||
Level of dependence | Mean (mRS) on discharge | 2.92 ± 1.47 | 2.49 ± 1.45 | 0.090 | ||
Risk factors | Hypertension | 48 | 96.0 | 100 | 100.0 | 0.044 |
Atrial fibrillation | 23 | 46.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 0.009 | |
Myocardial infarction | 5 | 10.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 0.147 | |
Ischemic heart disease | 19 | 38.0 | 40 | 40.0 | 0.815 | |
Heart failure | 21 | 42.0 | 53 | 53.0 | 0.207 | |
Diabetes mellitus | 7 | 14.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 0.032 | |
Dyslipidemia | 34 | 68.0 | 78 | 78.0 | 0.187 | |