Persistent middle cerebral artery occlusion associated with lower body temperature on admission

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Table 1 Univariate analysis of demographic data and clinical characteristics in patients with proximal MCA occlusion versus patients with clinical MCA occlusion without occlusion on admission

	Proximal MCA occlusion (n = 79)	Clinical MCA occlusion without occlusion (n = 31)	P-value
Age, years, mean (SD)	70.9 (15.3)	75.8 (15.0)	0.067
Male sex (%)	46 (58.2)	15 (48.4)	0.350
Time from ictus to admission in hospital, minutes, median (IQR)	90.0 (61.9–149.1)	95.6 (61.9–115.3)	0.897
Prior diseases (%)
Ischemic stroke	5 (6.3)	3 (9.7)	0.543
TIA	4 (5.0)	7 (22.6)	0.006
Myocardial infarction	20 (25.3)	4 (12.9)	0.156
Diabetes mellitus	13 (16.7)	9 (29.0)	0.147
Hypertension	43 (54.4)	15 (48.4)	0.568
Atrial fibrillation	31 (39.2)	16 (51.6)	0.238
Status on admission
NIHSS score, median (IQR)	18 (13–22)	16 (12–20)	0.400
Body temperature, median (IQR)	36.3 (36.0–36.8)	36.7 (36.4–37.0)	0.027
Body temperature <36.5°C (%)	46 (58.2)	10 (32.3)	0.014
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg, median (IQR)	150 (139–173)	161 (145–186)	0.026
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg, median (IQR)	76 (64–92)	86 (73–94)	0.060
Blood tests on admission
Hemoglobin, g/dL, median (IQR)	14.2 (13.2–15.3)	13.5 (12.5–15.2)	0.181
Leucocytes, 10*9/L, median (IQR)	8.6 (7.2–10.9)	8.1 (7.2–10.5)	0.745
Glucose, mmol/L, median (IQR)	6.5 (5.7–7.9)	7.1 (6.2–8.4)	0.060
C-reactive protein, mg/L, median (IQR)	3 (1–6)	4 (2–15)	0.128
D-dimer, mg/L, median (IQR)	1.0 (0.5–1.6)	1.5 (0.5–2.7)	0.337
Fibrinogen, g/L, median (IQR)	3.4 (3.0–4.0)	3.6 (3.2–4.1)	0.235

Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; MCA, middle cerebral artery; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; SD, standard deviation; TIA, transient ischemic attack.

Table 2 Multivariate analysis with persistent proximal MCA occlusion versus no occlusion as dependent variable

	OR	95% CI	P-value
Age	0.97	0.94–1.00	0.057
Sex	0.80	0.32–2.00	0.640
NIHSS score on admission	1.03	0.96–1.11	0.394
Body temperature on admission <36.5°C	3.72	1.43–9.64	0.007

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; MCA, middle cerebral artery; NIHSS, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; OR, odds ratio.