Early ischemic CT changes before thrombolysis: The influence of age and diabetes mellitus

Figures & data

Table 1 Demographics of ischemic stroke patients with ASPECTS scores ≤7 and >7 based on initial CT before receiving thrombolysis

	ASPECTS ≤7	ASPECTS >7	P
Male, %	79	57	0.214
Age, years (mean)	59	68	0.019
Left hemisphere, %	57	77	0.184
Diabetes mellitus, %	0	17	0.180
Hypertension, %	36	38	1.000
Smoking, %	33	25	0.715
Onset to CT, minutes (mean)	104	104	0.971
NIHSS on admission (median)	16	13	0.174
NIHSS 24 hours (median)	13	8	0.064

Abbreviations: ASPECTS, Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score; CT, Computed Tomography; NIHSS, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale.

Table 2 Linear regression analysis with the ASPECTS score as the dependent variable

	Partial correlation	P
Gender	−0.084	0.582
Age	0.422	0.004
NIHSS on admission	−0.401	0.006
Time to CT	−0.301	0.044
Diabetes mellitus	0.352	0.018
Hypertension	−0.015	0.924
Smoking	0.001	0.993

Abbreviations: ASPECTS, Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score; CT, Computed Tomography; NIHSS, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale.

Figure 1 The distribution of ASPECT scores on initial CT scan within 3 hours after stroke onset in 61 ischemic stroke patients before undergoing thrombolysis.

Abbreviations: ASPECTS, Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score; CT, Computed Tomography.