Quality indicators and patients' characteristics in relation to early outcome of Kasr-al-ainy stroke unit

Table 4 Comparing between groups depending on mRS on discharge and mortality regarding various numerical parameters

	Good outcome (mRS ≤ 2) n = 97		Bad outcome (mRS > 2) n = 145		P value	Alive n = 206		Dead n = 36		P value
	Mean ± sd	Median (Range)	Mean ± sd	Median Range	P value	Mean ± sd	Median (Range)	Mean ± sd	Median Range	P value
Age	55.9 ± 13.8		61.7 ± 12.2		0.001	58.38 ± 13.34		64.81 ± 10.54		0.005
NIHSS on admission		6 (0–19)		12 (0–31)	< *0.001*		9 (0–22)		13.50 (2–31)	< 0.001
Onset to door(min)		150 (60–230)		150 (60–220)	0.4		150 (60–230)		180 (60–210)	0.55
Door to needle(min)	50.9 ± 8.3		50.2 ± 9.8		0.7	49.9 ± 9.36		54.5 ± 5.7		0.11
Onset to needle(min)		210 (110–270)		205 (115–260)	0.4		200 (110–270)		230 (120–260)	0.37
GUSS score on admission		20 (2–20)		12 (0–20)	< 0.001		20 (0–20)		4.5 (0–20)	< 0.001

mRS: modified Rankin score; NIHSS: national institute of health stroke scale; min: minute; GUSS: Gugging Swallowing Scale. Bold values indicate statistical significance