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Table 1 Demographics, vascular risk factors and index stroke data of patients admitted in calendar weeks 12–17 in 2019 and 2020

From: Decreased admissions and change in arrival mode in patients with cerebrovascular events during the first surge of the COVID-19 pandemic

 

2019 (n = 115)

2020 (n = 69)

P value

Demographics

 Age, mean (±SD)

75.0 (12.3)

75.9 (12.5)

0.63

 Gender, male, n (%)

51 (44.3)

35 (50.7)

0.40

Vascular risk factors

 Hypertension

85 (73.9)

56 (82.4)

0.19

 Diabetes

34 (29.6)

17 (25.0)

0.51

 Coronary heart disease

19 (16.5)

12 (17.6)

0.85

 Peripheral vascular disease

6 (5.2)

1 (1.5)

0.26

 Hyperlipoproteinemia

13 (11.3)

6 (8.8)

0.60

 Smoking

21 (18.3)

10 (14.7)

0.54

Index stroke

 Mode of admission

  

0.001

 Self-presenting, n (%)

28 (24.3)

4 (5.8)

 

 Admitted by ambulance, n (%)

87 (75.7)

65 (94.2)

 

 Symptom-to-door time, min (±SD)

235.7 (364.8)

244.9 (215.6)

0.88

Type of stroke

 Ischemic stroke, n (%)

112 (97.4)

67 (97.1)

1.00

 TIA

31 (27.0)

12 (17.4)

0.14

 Minor ischemic strokea, b

32 (28.3)

23 (34.3)

0.40

 Intracerebral hemorrhage, n (%)

3 (2.6)

2 (2.9)

1.00

 NIHSS score, mean (±SD)

6.2 (7.8)

4.7 (5.6)

0.92

 Reperfusion therapy, n (%)

32 (27.8)

19 (27.5)

0.97

 IVT only

23 (20.0)

11 (15.9)

0.49

 IVT door-to-needle time, min (±SD)

30.4 (13.5)

28.4 (6.4)

0.56

 Mechanical thrombectomy (with or without IVT)

9 (7.8)

8 (11.6)

0.93

  1. aminor stroke defined as NIHSS score between 1 and 3
  2. bNIHSS score data available of 113 patients from 2019 and of 67 patients from 2020, percentages adapted accordingly
  3. NIHSS National Institute of Health Scale, IVT Intravenous thrombolysis, SD Standard deviation, TIA Transient ischemic attack