Table 4

Baseline characteristics secondary analysis of per protocol population

Variable*Technique
1 (n=108)2 (n=56)3 (n=92)4 (n=10)5 (n=184)p value
Age (median, IQR)74, 61–8071, 59–7874, 66–8077, 76–8075, 65–810.13
NIHSS admission (mean, SD)15.5±6.414.9±5.415.5±5.615.1±4.814.6±5.80.67†
Male50 (46)25 (45)53 (58)4 (40)103 (56)0.24‡
Hypertension73 (68)42 (76)72 (78)9 (100)145 (80)0.06‡
Dyslipidaemia39 (36)23 (42)32 (35)5 (56)70 (39)0.71‡
Diabetes mellitus22 (20)10 (20)25 (27)1 (11)47 (26)0.55‡
Artrial fibrilliation50 (46)25 (45)41 (45)3 (33)80 (45)0.96‡
Peripheral artery occlusive disease5 (5)5 (9)7 (8)0 (0)6 (4)0.55‡
  • Technique 1=aspiration, 2=aspiration +  stent-retriever rescue, 3=stent retriever, 4=stent retriever+aspiration rescue, 5=PCA.

  • *Data are presented as number (%) unless otherwise specified.

  • †=p -value of the ANOVA.

  • ‡=p-value of the chi square test.