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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of AIS patients with favourable and unfavourable outcomes

From: Prognostic significance of plasma IL-2 and sIL-2Rα in patients with first-ever ischaemic stroke

Baseline characteristics

All (201)

Favourable outcome (130)

Unfavourable outcome (71)

p value

Age, year

64.11 ± 13.29

61.86 ± 12.33

68.23 ± 14.07

0.001

Male, n (%)

149 (74.13)

99 (76.15)

50 (70.42)

0.375

Time from onset, h

3.00 (1.50–5.10)

2.90 (1.30–4.55)

3.20 (1.80–6.80)

0.086

Baseline systolic BP, mmHg

150 (140–168.5)

152 (140–170)

148 (138–168)

0.206

Baseline diastolic BP, mmHg

87.0 (78.0–93.0)

85.0 (77.8–93.3)

90.0 (79.0–92.0)

0.875

Baseline NIHSS score

5.0 (3.0–11.0)

4.0 (2.0–6.0)

13.0 (9–17.0)

0.000

Recanalization treatment

103 (51.24)

74 (56.92)

29 (40.85)

0.029

Risk factors, n (%)

 Hypertension

132 (65.67)

82 (63.08)

50 (70.42)

0.294

 Diabetes mellitus

82 (40.80)

47 (36.15)

35 (49.30)

0.070

 Coronary heart disease

46 (22.89)

24 (18.46)

22 (30.90)

0.043

 Atrial fibrillation

32 (15.92)

11 (8.46)

21 (29.58)

0.000

Stroke aetiology, n (%)

 Thrombotic

147 (73.13)

94 (72.31)

53 (74.65)

0.721

 Embolic

15 (7.46)

10 (7.69)

5 (7.04)

0.867

 Lacunar

39 (19.40)

26 (20.00)

13 (18.31)

0.772

Clinical parameters, median (IQR)

 Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio

2.90 (2.03–5.25)

2.55 (1.80–4.07)

4.53 (2.35–9.08)

0.000

 Baseline glucose, mmol/L

6.77 (5.71–8.94)

6.33 (5.56–8.04)

8.30 (6.47–10.54)

0.000

 Triglycerides, mmol/L

1.45 (0.96–2.47)

1.70 (1.0–-2.69)

1.20 (0.76–1.72)

0.002

 Total cholesterol, mmol/L

4.53 (3.79–5.43)

4.69 (3.93–5.59)

4.26 (3.60–5.10)

0.008

 High-density lipoprotein, mmol/L

1.18 (1.00–1.39)

1.17 (0.97–1.39)

1.23 (1.05–1.37)

0.373

 Low-density lipoprotein, mmol/L

2.70 (2.03–3.42)

2.79 (2.05–3.62)

2.45 (1.99–3.11)

0.069

Biomarkers (pg/ml), median (IQR)

 sIL-2Rα

947.63 (689.61–1370.90)

812.92 (631.42–1160.78)

1331.25 (947.63–1657.90)

0.000

 IL-2

28.08 (17.28–40.85)

29.53 (18.67–46.19)

24.29 (15.73–36.60)

0.027

  1. BP blood pressure, NIHSS NIH Stroke Scale, IQR interquartile range