Table 1

Baseline characteristics of patients between treatment groups (ITT population)

Variable*Overall (n=450)Aspiration (n=164)Stent-retriever (n=102)PCA (n=184)p value
Age (median, IQR)74, 62–8072, 60–7974, 67–8075, 65–810.09†
Male sex235 (52)75 (46)57 (56)103 (56)0.11‡
Hypertension341 (77)115 (71)81 (80)145 (80)0.07‡
Dyslipidemia169 (38)62 (38)37 (37)70 (39)0.93‡
Diabetes mellitus106 (24)33 (20)26 (26)47 (26)0.39‡
Atrial fibrillation199 (45)75 (46)44 (44)80 (45)0.92‡
Peripheral artery occlusive disease23 (6)10 (6)7 (7)6 (4)0.65‡
NIHSS on admission
(mean, SD)
15.1±5.815.3±6.115.5±5.514.6±5.80.40§
CCT-ASPECT
(median, IQR)
8, 7–98, 7–98, 7–98, 7–90,29†
Occlusion of intracranial carotid artery145 (33)54 (33)27 (26)64 (35)0.06‡
Rescue maneuver66 (15)56 (34)10 (10)
  • *Data are presented as number (%) unless otherwise specified.

  • †pvalue of the Kruskal -Wallis test.

  • ‡pvalue of the chi square test.

  • §pvalue of the ANOVA.