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Table 1 Patient Baseline Demographic and Clinical Characteristics by Hospital

From: Resource utilization and outcome at a university versus a community teaching hospital in tPA treated stroke patients: a retrospective cohort study

  

Total

Community

University

P

  

(N = 206)

(N = 127)

(N = 79)

 

Age; mean ± stdev

68 ± 15.8

69 ± 15.8

66 ± 15.9

.147

Sex, male; n, (%)

111 (54)

67 (53)

44 (56)

.681

Race, Caucasian; n, (%)

179 (87)

109 (86)

70 (89)

.358

Pre-Stroke mRS; Median (IQR)

1 (0-2)

1 (0-2)

0 (0-1)

.001

Pre-tx NIHSS;Median (IQR)

13 (8-17)

13 (8-17)

14 (8-17)

.867

Intracranial Hemorrhage**; n, (%)

37 (18)

24 (19)

13 (16)

.712

t-PA time*; mean ± stdev

155 ± 33

157 ± 31

151 ± 36

.185

Baseline stroke risk factors

n, (%)

   Prior Stroke

34 (17)

23 (18)

11 (14)

.431

   Diabetes

44 (21)

28 (22)

16 (20)

.760

   Hypertension

142 (69)

92 (72)

50 (63)

.168

   High cholesterol

66 (32)

41 (32)

25 (32)

.924

   Hx of coronary artery disease

65 (32)

41 (32)

24 (30)

.775

   Hx of congestive heart failure

20 (10)

13 (10)

7 (9)

.746

   Hx of atrial fibrillation

58 (28)

34 (27)

24 (30)

.576

   Smoking w/in 1 year

51 (25)

31 (24)

20 (25)

.883

  1. *Time, in minutes, from stroke onset to tPA bolus administration.
  2. **Defined as any intracranial hemorrhage at any time point during the index hospitalization.
  3. Abbreviations: mRS = modified estimated Rankin Scale; NIHSS = estimated National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale.