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14 September 2020: Clinical Research

Do We Need to Distinguish Thrombolysis and Nonthrombolysis Patients When Applying Stroke-Associated Pneumonia Predicting Scores? An External Validation from a 2-Center Database

Jiao Jiao ^123ABCDEF , Leiyu Geng ^123BG , Zhijun Zhang ^123ADF*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.924129

Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e924129

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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the entire group, non-thrombolysis subgroup and thrombolysis subgroup.

	Entire group (n=276)	Non-thrombolysis subgroup (n=138)		Thrombolysis subgroup (n=138)		Statistic		P value
Age
			7, 5.07%
50–60			21, 15.22%
61–70			41, 29.71%
71–80			40, 28.99%
81–90			27, 19.57%
>90			3, 2.17%
Gender							0.063		0.802
Male	176		89		87
Female	100		49		51
Present smoking							0.319		0.572
Yes	66		31		35
No	210		107		103
COPD							0.070
Yes	15		7		8				0.791
No	261		131		130
Congestive heart Failure							0.115		1.000
Yes	9		5		4
No	267		133		134
Atrial fibrillation							2.183		0.14
Yes	58		24		34
No	218		114		104
Dysphagia							32.504		^**
Yes	95		25		70
No	181		113		68
mRS	0.39±0.89		0.44±0.92		0.33±0.87		−1.053		0.293
Systolic pressure	153.38±23.04		152.29±20.67		154.47±25.21		0.77		0.562
Glucose (mmol/L)	7.88±4.06		7.48±3.57		8.28±4.47		1.65		0.101
WBC (×10/L)	7.79±2.59		7.44±2.29		8.14±2.8		2.29		0.039^*
GCS	13.28±2.26		14.09±1.76		12.46±2.41		−6.413		^**
NIHSS	6.38±6.33		3.80±4.98		8.96±6.50		7.405		^**
OCSP							6860.5		^**
Lacunar infarction	12		3		9
TACI	32		1		31
PACI	185		106		79
POCI	46		28		18
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