Table 2

Baseline NIHSS score and outcome of 601 treated with intravenous tPA

≤4.5 hours (n=327)4.5 hours~12 hours (n=274)P value
Baseline NIHSS10.86±4.8310.98±4.100.182
24 hours NIHSS6.73±4.277.08±4.930.626
7 day NIHSS5.05±4.235.68±4.960.515
Arterial stenosis (%)26.90 (88/327)25.91 (71/274)0.534
Recanalisation (%)42.05 (37/88)38.57 (27/70)0.415
Asymptomatic ICH (%)3.98 (13/327)4.74 (13/274)0.324
Symptomatic ICH (%)0.92 (3/327)1.09 (3/274)0.526
Death (%)0.72 (2/327)0.73 (2/274)0.583
90-day mRS (0 or 1) or NIHSS improved ≥8 (%)86.85 (284/327)85.04 (233/274)0.679
90-day BI (≥95) (%)83.20 (272/327)80.29 (220/274)0.541
  • BI, Barthel Index; ICH, intracranial haemorrhage; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; tPA, tissue plasminogen activator.