Does the Admission Blood Pressure Associate with Short- and Long Term Outcome in Stroke Patients Treated with Thrombolysis? A Single Centre Study

Table 2

Decrease in blood pressure from admission time to 12 hours after admission.

	Group 1			Group 2			Group 3			Group 4
	Mean	𝑁	SD	Mean	𝑁	SD	Mean	𝑁	SD	Mean	𝑁	SD
At admission^1	131	69	11.97	153	67	5.99	172	63	4.93	203	66	16.01
After 12 hours^1	128	37	16.34	135	37	17.74	143	35	16.67	155	47	20.56
𝑃 value	0.2			<0.001			<0.001			<0.001
At admission^2	72	70	6.42	86	64	2.62	97	61	3.68	114	64	10.64
After 12 hours^2	73	38	13.49	73	29	13.32	78	39	12.19	82	47	13.99
𝑃 value	0.5			<0.001			<0.001			<0.001

1Systolic blood pressure.
²Diastolic blood pressure.
The blood pressure is significantly declined in quartile group 2 to 4, though still remaining above recommended levels in quartile groups 3 and 4. A nonsignificant decline is observed in quartile group 1.