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Table 1 Demographics and clinical features of patients in the pre-intervention and post-intervention groups

From: Three easily-implementable changes reduce median door-to-needle time for intravenous thrombolysis by 23 minutes

Variables

Pre-intervention

Post-intervention

OR (95% CI)

p value

Age

70 + 16

71 + 17

0.745

Male

44 (48.9)

68 (50.0)

1.04 (0.61–1.78)

0.870

Hypertension

62 (68.9)

107 (78.7)

1.67 (0.91–3.06)

0.097

Diabetes

22 (24.4)

46 (33.8)

1.58 (0.87–2.87)

0.132

Hyperlipidemia

29 (32.2)

62 (45.6)

1.76 (1.01–3.07)

0.045

SBP ≥ 185/110 mmHg

21(23.3)

41 (30.1)

1.44 (0.81–2.54)

0.215

NIHSS

14 (8–21)

7 (4–16)

< 0.001

NIHSS ≤4

9 (10.0)

37 (27.2)

3.36 (1.53–7.38)

0.002

DNT

63 (53–81)

40 (29–53)

< 0.001

DNT < 60 min

42 (46.7%)

111 (81.6%)

5.08 (2.79–9.26)

< 0.001

DNT < 45 min

16 (17.8%)

87 (64.0%)

8.20 (4.31–15.3)

< 0.001

  1. Data are n (%), mean ± standard deviation, or median (interquartile range)
  2. OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, SBP Systolic blood pressure, NIHSS National Institues of Health Stroke Scale, DNT Door-to-needle time