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Table 2 Basic and clinical information on different treatments for acute ischemic stroke

From: China stroke surveillance report 2021

Characteristics

IVT (n = 188,648)

MT (n = 49,845)

Bridging (IVR + MT) (n = 14,087)

Sex-male [n (%)]

121,574 (64.4)

31,999 (64.2)

9049 (64.2)

Age [years, (mean ± SD)]

68.7 ± 11.4

68.3 ± 11.4

68.7 ± 11.4

Age [n (%)]

 ≤ 40 years

844 (0.5)

297 (0.6)

80 (0.6)

 40–60 years

43,148 (22.9)

11,825 (23.7)

3221 (22.9)

 ≥ 60 years

144,656 (76.7)

37,723 (75.7)

10,786 (76.6)

Race-Chinese Han [n (%)]

183,857 (97.5)

48,622 (97.6)

13,706 (97.3)

Hospital grade-tertiary [n (%)]

142,550 (75.6)

47,871 (96.1)

13,121 (93.2)

Seven Regions of China [n (%)]

 North China

36,397 (19.3)

4590 (9.2)

1226 (8.7)

 Northeast

21,583 (11.4)

4536 (9.1)

1060 (7.5)

 Central China

55,668 (29.5)

17,654 (35.4)

5081 (36.1)

 East China

33,822 (17.9)

8023 (16.1)

2310 (16.4)

 South China

13,751 (7.3)

7320 (14.7)

2139 (15.2)

 Southwest

20,082 (10.7)

5083 (10.2)

1567 (11.1)

 Northwest

7345 (3.9)

2639 (5.3)

704 (5)

Time from onset to hospital arrival within 2 h [n (%)]

135,543 (75.4)

21,049 (47.3)

10,656 (79.8)

Transported to hospital by EMS [n (%)]

69,603 (36.9)

24,846 (49.9)

7633 (54.2)

BMI (kg/m2, mean ± SD)

23.9 ± 24.4

23.9 ± 3.7

23.8 ± 3.5

Systolic pressure (mmHg, mean ± SD)

153.0 ± 23.1

148.9 ± 24.6

149.4 ± 24.2

Diastolic pressure (mmHg, mean ± SD)

87.5 ± 14.1

85.9 ± 15.1

86.0 ± 14.8

Toast classification in ischemic stroke

 1-LAA

93,478 (49.6)

31,062 (62.3)

8809 (62.5)

 2-CE

23,104 (12.3)

14,244 (28.6)

4191 (29.8)

 3-SVO

63,321 (33.6)

2163 (4.3)

518 (3.7)

 4-SOE

1394 (0.7)

678 (1.4)

149 (1.1)

 5-SUE

7337 (3.9)

1687 (3.4)

419 (3)

NIHSS score at admission [median (IQR)]

6 (3–12)

15 (10–20)

15 (11–22)

Acute phase treatment

 DNT (min, mean ± SD)

166.0 ± 1325.3

64.9 ± 849.8

 ONT (min, mean ± SD)

248.6 ± 5933.7

171.5 ± 653.5

 Thrombolytic complications [n (%)]

21,772 (11.5)

1251 (8.9)

 Intracranial hemorrhage [n (%)]

6089 (3.2)

542 (3.8)

 DPT (min, mean ± SD)

322.6 ± 6235.9

195.4 ± 1057.6

 OPT (min, mean ± SD)

562.9 ± 6702.7

297.6 ± 796.8

 Thrombectomy complications [n (%)]

6893 (13.8)

2152 (15.3)

 Intracranial hemorrhage [n (%)]

3861 (7.7)

1273 (9.0)

Reasons for not thrombolysis—over time window [n (%)]

16,608 (33.3)

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Length of stay (d, mean ± SD)

11.2 ± 18.4

14.6 ± 26.0

14.7 ± 16.1

Discharge outcome [n (%)]

 Medical discharge

159,101 (84.3)

36,585 (73.4)

10,382 (73.7)

 Medical order transfer

6537 (3.5)

1843 (3.7)

488 (3.5)

 Transfer to grass-roots hospitals

3407 (1.8)

1760 (3.5)

464 (3.3)

 Discharge against medical advice

13,542 (7.2)

5733 (11.5)

1549 (11.0)

 Death

3233 (1.7)

2511 (5.0)

821 (5.8)

 Unclear

2828 (1.5)

1413 (2.8)

383 (2.7)

  1. IVT intravenous thrombolytic therapy, MT mechanical thrombectomy, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range, BMI body mass index, EMS Emergency Medical Services, LAA large artery atherosclerosis, SVO small vessel occlusion, CE cardioembolism, SOE stroke of other determined etiology, SUE stroke of undetermined etiology, NIHSS NIH Stroke Scale score, DNT Door to Needle Time, ONT Onset to Needle Time, DPT door-puncture-time, OPT onset-puncture-time