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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of LHS (n = 2953) compared to RHS (n = 2637) patients

From: Side matters: differences in functional outcome and quality of life after thrombectomy in left and right hemispheric stroke

 

LHS

N = 2953

RHS

n = 2637

P value

Age—median (IQR)

76 (65–82)

76 (66–83)

0.911

Sex (female)—n (%)

1528/2950 (51.8)

1376/2637 (52.2)

0.397

Living status before admission

 n = 5232

 

0.689

 Home

2435/2766 (88.0)

2169/2466 (88.0)

 

 Nursing at home

128/2766 (4.6)

105/2466 (4.3)

 

 Nursing home

203/2766 (7.3)

192/2466 (7.8)

 

Pre-existing comorbidities

  

 Atrial fibrillation

n = 5280

1213/2789 (43.5)

1064/2491 (42.7)

0.294

 Arterial hypertension

n = 5284

2136/2788 (76.6)

1961/2496 (78.6)

0.048

 Dyslipidemia

n = 5273

1104/2784 (39.7)

982/2489 (39.5)

0.452

 Diabetes Mellitus

n = 5283

603/2788 (21.6)

561/2495 (22.5)

0.237

 Pre-stroke mRS > 1—n (%)

560/2739(20.4)

525/2436 (21.6)

0.173

 NIHSS on admission—median (IQR)

16 (10–20)

n = 2792

13 (9–17)

n = 2481

 < 0.001

 Mothership—n (%)

1685/2953 (57.1)

1473/2637 (55.9)

0.190

 ASPECTS—median (IQR)

9 (7–10)

n = 2626

8 (7–10)

n = 2354

 < 0.001

 IVT—n (%)

1480/2938 (50.4)

1373/2618 (52.4)

0.065

Anesthesia

  

0.002

 beginning with local anesthesia change to general anesthesia

106/2847 (3.7)

84/2528 (3.3)

 

 conscious sedation

746/2847 (26.2)

774/2528 (30.6)

 

 general anesthesia

1995/2847 (70.1)

1670/2528 (66.1)

 

 mRS 24 h—median (IQR)

5 (3–5)

n = 2553

4 (3–5)

n = 2276

0.006

 NIHSS 24 h—median (IQR)

12 (5–20)

n = 2530

10 (4–17)

n = 2219

 < 0.001

 mRS discharge median (IQR)

4 (2–5)

n = 2763

4 (2–5)

n = 2445

0.018

 NIHSS discharge—median (IQR)

6 (2–15)

n = 2389

5 (2–12)

n = 2136

0.002

Stroke etiology—n (%)

  

0.156

 Artherosclerosis

626/2953 (21.2)

611/2637 (23.2)

 

 Cardioembolic stroke

1523/2953 (51.6)

1284/2637 (48.7)

 

 Stroke of undetermined etiology

461/2953 (15.6)

435/2637 (16.5)

 

 Stroke of other determined etiology

120/2953 (4.1)

95/2637 (3.6)

 

 Dissection

44/2953 (1.5)

46/2637 (1.7)

 

 Length of stay days—median (IQR)

9 (5–14)

n = 2798

9 (5–13)

n = 2485

0.281

Workflow times

  

Symptom onset to groin puncture (min)—median (IQR)

189.5 (135–265)

n = 1634

200 (145–275)

n = 1512

0.004

Symptom onset to recanalization (min)——median (IQR)

236 (179–318)

n = 1455

248 (190–328.25)

n = 1354

0.012

Outcome parameters

  

mTICI 2b/3—n (%)

2464/2921 (84.4)

2221/2610 (85.1)

0.234

Any ICH 24 h– n (%)

327/2953 (11.1)

348/2637 (13.2)

0.008

mRS 0–2 at 90 days—n (%)

885/2406 (36.8)

828/2191 (37.8)

0.250

mRS 5–6 at 90 days—n (%)

916/2406 (38.1)

801/2191 (36.6)

0.152

mRS 6 at 90 days—n (%)

726/2406 (30.2)

590/2191 (26.9)

0.008

mRS at 90 days—median (IQR)

4 (1–6)

n = 2406

4 (1–6)

0.139

EQ-5D-I—mean (± SD)

0.566 (± 0.467)

0.556 (± 0.462)

0.308

  1. LHS, Left hemispheric stroke; RHS, Right hemispheric stroke; IQR, Interquartile range; mRS, modified Rankin Scale; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; ASPECTS, Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score; IVT, intravenous thrombolysis; mTICI, modified Thrombolysis in Cerebral Infarction Score; ICH, Intracerebral hemorrhage; EQ-5D-I, European Quality of Life-five dimensions questionnaire utility-index; SD, standard deviation