Table 1 Patients’ characteristics based on the severity of stroke

Age (years)

59.72 ± 10.68

65.46 ± 13.185

67.01 ± 12.38

Gender

 Female

18

48

61

 Male

25

86

44

Medical condition

 Hypertension

56.41%

62.59%

66.01%

 Diabetes

23.07%

20.61%

27.18%

 Hyperlipidemia

30.76%

22.90%

26.21%

 Smoking current smoker

30.76%

25.95%

17.47%

 Past history of smoking

38.46%

26.71%

19.41%

 History of past ischemic attacks

2.56%

9.92%

12.62%

 Congestive heart failure

10.25%

6.10%

12.62%

 Arrhythmia

2.56%

9.16%

22.33%

 Ischemic heart disease

15.38%

19.84%

22.33%

Imaging modalities

 Ejection fraction

48.8 ± 1.8

50.36 ± 0.96

48.47 ± 1.25

 Pathologic CT scan finding

0%

2.1%

10.38%

Laboratory tests

 White blood cell count

7724.00 ± 444.1

7828.57 ± 296.5

9110.20 ± 900.7

 Hemoglobin (mg/dl)

13.50 ± 0.46

14.15 ± 0.22

13.32 ± 0.28

 Hematocrit (percent)

39.83 ± 1.01

42.09 ± 0.57

40.32 ± 0.70

 Platelet

246200 ± 19363

246714.29 ± 10291.12

239469.39 ± 10080.33

 RDW (percent)

13.78 ± 0.30

13.59 ± 0.15

12.40 ± 0.56

 PDW (percent)

12.72 ± 0.32

12.50 ± 0.29

12.70 ± 0.29

 PT

13.16 ± 0.14

13.22 ± 0.10

13.53 ± 0.13

 PTT

28.0 ± 0.40

27.75 ± 0.34

29.57 ± 0.98

 INR

1.03 ± 0.01

1.07 ± 0.01

1.11 ± 0.01

 Blood glucose (mg/dl)

159.08 ± 17.83

134.26 ± 6.32

8481.29 ± 6369.74

 Creatinine (mg/dl)

1.03 ± 0.04

1.00 ± 0.02

1.06 ± 0.10

 Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

174.00 ± 8.46

178.54 ± 4.35

156.33 ± 6.21

 Triglyceride (mg/dl)

153.56 ± 12.64

127.49 ± 7.33

119.41 ± 8.33

 HDL (mg/dl)

37.52 ± 1.61

43.00 ± 1.58

40.63 ± 1.44

 LDL (mg/dl)

110.48 ± 9.99

111.06 ± 3.88

93.92 ± 4.31

tPA injection related results

 Time duration since symptom onset (hour)

102.48 ± 9.25

103.99 ± 5.24

92.61 ± 6.44

 Door to needle time (hour)

67.12 ± 5.00

52.09 ± 3.73

61.98 ± 5.16

 NIHSS after 36 h

3.03 ± 2.40

6.48 ± 5.124

17.89 ± 9.20

 NIHSS after 7 days

2.34 ± 2.75

5.46 ± 5.72

15.28 ± 8.88

 MRS after 7 days

1.45 ± 1.30

2.11 ± 1.40

4.01 ± 1.45