Table 3

Multivariate analyses

Predictors of excellent functional outcome
	OR	95% CI	P value
Bridging thrombolysis	1.38	0.97 to 1.96	0.077
Age	0.98	0.96 to 0.99	0.001
Atrial fibrillation	0.91	0.62 to 1.33	0.612
Diabetes mellitus	0.66	0.42 to 1.01	0.056
Previous stroke	1.05	0.69 to 1.6	0.818
Occlusion site
Most distal occlusion (M2)	Ref.
ICA	0.52	0.22 to 1.26	0.150
ICA plus MCA	0.48	0.26 to 0.86	0.014
Carotid T	0.37	0.19 to 0.69	0.002
MCA, M1	0.71	0.47 to 1.08	0.106
Predictors of early recanalisation
Bridging thrombolysis	10.9	3.8 to 31.1	<0.001
Age	1.04	1.01 to 1.07	0.013
Sex (female)	0.86	0.45 to 1.64	0.643
Arterial hypertension	0.51	0.25 to 1.07	0.074
Atrial fibrillation	0.75	0.39 to 1.45	0.386
Diabetes mellitus	0.47	0.19 to 1.17	0.103
Hypercholesterinaemia	1.26	0.65 to 2.45	0.503
Previous stroke	1.12	0.53 to 2.37	0.777
Occlusion site
Most distal occlusion (M2)	Ref.
ICA	Did not converge
ICA plus MCA	0.17	0.04 to 0.78	0.023
Carotid T	0.21	0.06 to 0.74	0.016
MCA, M1	0.90	0.46 to 1.78	0.767

ICA, internal carotid artery; MCA, middle cerebral artery; M1–M2, segments of the MCA.;