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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics MRS ≤ 2

From: Bridging therapy is associated with improved cognitive function after large vessel occlusion stroke – an analysis of the German Stroke Registry

Variable

Bridging

Non-Bridging

p-value

(n = 103)

(n = 63)

Sex (n, %)

  

0.29

 Male

55 (53.4)

39 (61.9)

 

 Female

48 (46.6)

24 (38.1)

 

Age (mean ± SD)

67 (±14.28)

69 (±11.18)

0.29

Vasc. risk-factors (n, %)

 Art. hypertension

69 (67)

45 (71.4)

0.55

 Smoking

27 (27.3)

23 (37.1)

0.19

 Diabetes

17 (16.5)

14 (22.2)

0.36

 Dyslipidemia

39 (37.9)

23 (36.5)

0.86

 Atrial fibrillation

25 (24.3)

21 (33.3)

0.21

Baseline medication (n, %)

 Aspirin

28 (28.9)

12 (20)

0.22

 Clopidogrel

3 (3.1)

2 (3.3)

0.93

 Anticoagulation

0 (0)

18 (28.6)

< 0.001

NIHSS at admission (median points, IQR)

12 (7–16)

10 (5–15)

0.14

Symptom-onset to admission (median time, IQR)

69 (40–171)

205 (73–508)

< 0.001

ASPECTS (median points, IQR)

9 (8–10)

8 (7–10)

0.01

General anesthesia (n, %)

68 (66)

41 (65)

0.16

Treatment adverse event (n, %)

12 (11)

8 (12)

0.72

NIHSS at discharge (median points, IQR)

2 (0–4)

2 (1–3)

0.24

mTICI ≥2b after EVT (n, %)

98 (95)

60 (95)

0.65

Stroke etiology (n, %)

 Large-artery atherosclerosis

22 (21)

16 (25)

0.57

 Cardioembolism

37 (36)

27 (43)

0.41

 Small-vessel occlusion

0 (0)

1 (1)

0.38

 Stroke of other determined etiology

9 (9)

2 (3)

0.21

 Stroke of undetermined etiology

23 (22)

15 (24)

0.85

Stroke localization (n, %)

 Right hemispheric stroke

56 (54)

29 (46)

0.44

 Left hemispheric stroke

34 (33)

27 (43)

0.44

 Vertebrobasilar stroke

13 (13)

7 (11)

0.99

 A. cerebri anterior

1 (1)

0 (0)

0.99

 A. cerebri media M1 proximal

33 (32)

28 (44)

0.14

 A. cerebri media M1 distal

26 (25)

14 (22)

0.71

 A. cerebri media M2

23 (22)

13 (21)

0.85

 A. carotis interna T

10 (10)

5 (8)

0.79

 A. carotis interna extracranial

2 (2)

2 (3)

0.64

  1. SD standart deviation, IQR interquartile range