Sex, Diastolic Blood Pressure, and Outcome after Thrombolysis for Ischemic Stroke

Table 2

Modified Rankin Scale score before ischemic event and 3 months after rtPA.

	Men ()	Women ()	value
BASELINE mRS SCORE
0 (no symptoms at all)	158 (82.7)	107 (66.5)	0.0004
1 (no significant disability despite symptoms)	20 (10.5)	35 (21.7)	0.004
2 (slight disability)	11 (5.8)	9 (5.6)	0.9
3 (moderate disability)	1 (0.5)	8 (5.0)	0.008
4 (moderate severe disability)	1 (0.5)	2 (1.2)	0.5
5 (severe disability)	0 (0)	0 (0)	NS
Favourable mRS score	189 (99.0)	151 (93.8)	0.008
3-MONTH mRS SCORE
0 (no symptoms at all)	56 (29.0)	42 (25.9)	0.2
1 (no significant disability despite symptoms)	38 (23.5)	33 (22.1)	0.8
2 (slight disability)	20 (12.3)	24 (16.1)	0.3
3 (moderate disability)	14 (7.3)	10 (6.7)	0.5
4 (moderate severe disability)	14 (8.6)	13 (8.7)	1.0
5 (severe disability)	5 (2.6)	4 (2.5)	0.8
6 (dead)	15 (9.3)	23 (15.4)	0.1
Favourable mRS score	114 (70.4)	99 (66.4)	0.5

Abbreviations: mRS: modified rankin scale.
Data are described as (%); values were calculated and proportions were compared using the test.