Hemorrhagic Transformation (HT) and Symptomatic Intracerebral Hemorrhage (sICH) Risk Prediction Models for Postthrombolytic Hemorrhage in the Stroke Belt
Table 2
Comparision of patients who experienced sICH to those without sICH.
No sICH
sICH
value
()
Age, median y (range)
66 (20–99)
68 (40–89)
0.3117
Race, no. Black (%)
100 (22.8%)
5 (26.3%)
0.2538
Gender, no. female (%)
197 (45.5%)
12 (63.2%)
0.1307
Arrived within 3 hours, no. (%)
267 (63.1%)
10 (58.8%)
0.7191
Intra-arterial thrombolysis, no. (%)
15 (3.4%)
2 (10.5%)
0.3260
Past medical history, no. (%)
Hyperlipidemia
148 (34.0%)
7 (36.8%)
0.7994
Hypertension
319 (73.2%)
15 (78.9%)
0.5766
Congestive heart failure
49 (11.2%)
1 (5.3%)
0.257
Atrial Fibrillation
66 (15.2%)
3 (15.8%)
0.5722
Diabetes
117 (26.8%)
6 (31.6%)
0.6441
Active smoker
118 (27.1%)
1 (5.9%)
0.0317
Laboratory values
Admission glucose, median mg/dL (range)
115 (65–663)
153 (78–536)
0.0009
Admission platelet <150.000 (%)
6 (1.7%)
0 (0.0%)
0.7727
INR, median (range)
1.1 (0.7–2.3)
1.1 (0.8–2.5)
0.5794
Home medications
Aspirin
136 (56.2%)
5 (38.5%)
0.1049
Clopidogrel
65 (26.9%)
3 (23.1%)
0.2492
Aspirin + clopidogrel
33 (15.7%)
2 (16.7%)
0.3036
Antihypertensive
220 (50.2%)
8 (44.4%)
0.6305
Oral diabetic medication
68 (15.6%)
1 (5.6%)
0.1631
Physical exam
Admission systolic blood pressure, median mmHg (range)
157 (82–265)
169 (100–260)
0.3035
Admission diastolic blood pressure, median mmHg (range)
87 (45–187)
91 (44–126)
0.8446
Admission NIHSS, median (range)
9 (0–32)
10 (0–20)
0.5245
sICH denotes symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage; INR: international normalized ratio; and NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score.
