Table 1 The demographic and baseline characteristics of patients

Age,years^a

65.8 ±11.05

63.6 ± 10.95

68.6 ± 10.55

66.4 ± 10.80

64.0 ±10.89^b

69.6 ± 9.82

62.0 ± 11.68

61.8 ± 11.18

62.2 ± 12.60

Male, n (%)

308 (63.0)

185 (66.5)

123 (58.3)

254 (61.5)

151 (65.1)

103 (56.9)

54 (71.1)

34 (73.9)

20 (66.7)

Female, n (%)

181 (37.0)

93 (33.5)

88 (41.7)

159 (38.5)

81 (34.9)

78 (43.1)

22 (28.9)

12 (26.1)

10 (33.3)

Hypertension,n (%)

304 (62.2)

174 (62.6)

130 (61.6)

251 (60.8)

143 (61.6)

108 (59.7)

53 (69.7)

31 (67.4)

22 (73.3)

Stroke History, n (%)

158 (32.3)

79 (28.4)

79 (37.4)

135 (32.7)

68 (29.3)

67 (37.0)

23 (30.3)

11 (23.9)

12 (40.0)

CHD,n (%)

115 (23.5)

62 (22.3)

53 (25.1)

101 (24.5)

51 (22.0)

50 (27.6)

14 (18.4)

11 (23.9)

3 (10.0)

DM,n (%)

99 (20.2)

44 (15.8)

55 (26.1)

82 (19.9)

37 (15.9)^b

45 (24.9)

17 (22.4)

7 (15.2)

10 (33.3)

AF,n (%)

28 (5.7)

15 (5.4)

13 (6.2)

24 (5.8)

13 (5.6)

11 (6.1)

4 (5.3)

2 (4.3)

2 (6.7)

Onset-admission,

hours^a

10.3 ± 7.11

10.7 ± 7.23

9.7 ± 6.94

10.0 ± 7.17

10.2 ± 7.22

9.7 ± 7.12

11.6 ± 6.68

13.0 ± 6.90

9.38 ± 5.80

NIHSS, day 1^a

6.2 ± 4.77

4.4 ± 3.41

8.6 ± 5.24

6.3 ± 4.60

4.5 ± 3.17^b

8.5 ± 5.15

6.1 ± 5.67

3.9 ± 4.41

9.5 ± 5.76

BI,day90^a

77.9 ±24.26

94.4 ± 1.60

56.0 ± 22.84

77.7 ± 24.13

94.5 ± 1.55

56.4 ± 22.59

78.3 ± 25.12

94.2 ± 1.82

53.8 ± 24.59