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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the included articles

From: Safety and efficacy of intravenous thrombolysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 93,057 minor stroke patients

Study ID

Study Design

Country

Age, mean ± standard deviation

Sample size

Gender (M/F)

Hypertension, n/(%)

Diabetes, n(%)

Previous Stroke, n(%)

Atrial Fibrillation, n(%)

Smoking, n(%)

Hyperlipidemia, n(%)

IVT

control

IVT

control

IVT

control

IVT

control

IVT

control

IVT

control

IVT

control

IVT

control

IVT

control

Han 2021 [37]

Cohort

China

65.19 ± 8.67

67.51 ± 11.17

96

84

56/40

57/27

73(76.04%)

64(76.19%)

22(22.92%)

39(46.43%)

10(10.42%)

19(22.62%)

11(11.46%)

4(4.76%)

41(42.71%)

40(47.62%)

__

__

Hsia 2021 [38]

Cohort

USA

67.13 ± 15.33

73.18 ± 18.15

119

90

71/48

46/44

82

__

23(69%)

__

19(16%)

__

13(11%)

__

22(18%)

__

50(42%)

__

Huisa 2012 [39]

Cohort

USA

66.5 ± 16.4

70.1 ± 14.5

59

74

36/23

43/31

35(59.3%)

49(66.2%)

11(18.6%)

18(24.3%)

__

__

12(19.6%)

17(23.3%)

15(25.4%)

28(37.8%)

__

__

Li 2019 [8]

Cohort

China

79.6 ± 2.2

79.3 ± 2.1

60

60

41 /19

35 /25

48 (80.00%)

45(75%)

21(35%)

16 (26.67%)

__

__

42 (70%)

39 (65%)

18(30%)

15(25%)

Duan 2023 [36]

Cohort

China

62 ± 2.42

62.67 ± 2.36

527

1378

361/166

971/407

342(64.9%)

841(61.0%)

110(20.9%)

322(23.4%)

90(17.1%)

310(22.5%)

40(7.6%)

114(8.3%)

172(32.6%)

428(31.1%)

39(7.4%)

116(8.4%)

Villringer 2014 [41]

Cohort

Germany

70.3 ± 10.6

70 ± 12

62

102

36/26

64/38

__

__

__

__

__

__

Zhong 2021 [34]

Cohort

China

68 ± 12

70 ± 14

240

221

161/79

148/73

167 (67.6%)

148 (67.0%)

52(21.7%)

60(27.1%)

41(17.1%)

48(21.7%)

51(21.3%)

35(15.8%)

94(39.2%)

61(31.0%)

__

__

Broderick 2005 [35]

Randomized controlled trial

USA

Definition A: 67 ± 12

Definition B: 64 ± 11

Definition C: 67 ± 12

Definition D: 67 ± 11

Definition E: 67 ± 11

Definition A: 64 ± 15

Definition B: 4 ± 13

Definition C: 66 ± 12

Definition D: 64 ± 13

Definition E: 65 ± 13

Definition A: 21

Definition B: 51

Definition C: 220

Definition D: 97

Definition E: 99

Definition A: 7

Definition B: 30

Definition C: 219

Definition D: 76

Definition E: 78

__

__

__

__

Definition A: 3(14%)

Definition B: 13(25%)

Definition C: 44(20%)

Definition D: 21(22%)

Definition E: 21(21%)

Definition A: 3(43%)

Definition B: 5(17%)

Definition C: 49(22%)

Definition D: 17(22%)

Definition E: 17(22%)

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

Sykora 2022 [10]

Cohort

Australia

                  

NIHSS 0–1:

70 ± 15.5

66.7 ± 20.7

703

34,402

416/287

18,975/15427

491(71%)

25,701(74.8%)

135 (19.5%)

7100 (20.7%)

98 (14.2%)

6355 (18.5%)

93(13.4%)

5207 (15.2%)

145(21%)

6141(17.9%)

384(55.5%)

19,569(57%)

NIHSS 2–5:

71 ± 14

71.5 ± 15

6316

39,176

3681/2635

22,204/16972

4814(77.4%)

31,875(81.5%)

1287 (20.7%)

10,735 (27.5%)

1079 (17.3%)

9528 (24.4%)

980(15.8%)

8170 (20.9%)

1167(18.8%)

7652(19.6%)

3646(58.6%)

22,864(58.5%)

Pitaksuteepong 2020 [42]

Cohort

Thailand

64.91 ± 17.15

60.61 ± 15.21

56

138

25/31

58/80

33(58.9%)

56(40.6%)

14(25%)

30(21.7%)

10(17.9%)

18(13%)

3(5.4%)

10(7.2%)

20(35.7%)

70(50.7%)

18(32.1%)

27(19.6%)

Sharma 2014 [45]

Cohort

USA

__

__

20

166

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

__

Yaghi 2012 [44]

Cohort

USA

65.6 ± 12.3

66.6 ± 12.0

30

30

17/13

15/15

26(86.7%)

25(83.3%)

11(36.7%)

4(13.3%)

__

__

3(10%)

3(10%)

__`

__

14(46.7%)

13(43.3%)

Mengel 2022 [43]

Cohort

Germany

75 ± 13 years (for total patients in the study)

201

66

151/116 (for total number of patients in the study)

__

__

__

__

__

__

Logallo 2014 [20]

Cohort

Norway

67.3 ± 13.9

69.9 ± 14.1

158

1633

105/53

985/648

80 (51.0%)

867 (53.3%)

18 (11.6%)

221 (13.7%)

22 (14.1%)

264 (16.4%)

17 (10.8%)

229 (14.1%)

__

__

43 (27.2%)

408 (25.0%)

Urra 2013 [29]

Cohort

Spain

68.8 ± 13.8

69.0 ± 13.2

119

84

82/37

52/32

81(68.1%)

57 (67.5%)

29 (24.4%)

31 (37.3%)

__

__

18 (15.3%)

20 (23.8%)

__

__

46 (38.8%)

40 (48.2%)

Chen 2017 [30]

Cohort

China

62.3 ± 10.5

63.2 ± 10.6

134

249

86/48

159/90

92(68.7%)

156(62.7%)

24(17.9%)

59(23.7%)

23(17.2%)

89(35.7%)

10 (7.5%)

21 (8.4%)

63 (47.0%)

71 (28.5%)

__

__

Luo 2024 [31]

Cohort

China

63.7 ± 22.4

64.3 ± 11.4

619

2170

415/204

1391/779

354 (57.2%)

1328 (61.7%)

124 (20%)

447 (20.6%)

156 (25.2%)

610 (28.1%)

20 (3.2%)

48 (2.2%)

197 (31.8%)

588 (27.1%)

16 (2.6%)

26 (1.2%)

Ng 2016 [32]

Cohort

Australia

72.2 ± 14.5

34

39

23/11

22/17

21 (61.8%)

24(61.1%)

3(8.8%)

7(16.7%)

10(29.4%)

7(16.7%)

11(32.4%)

16(41.7%)

6(17.8%)

9(22.2%)

14 (41.2%)

18(47.2%)

Greisenegger 2014 [33]

Cohort

Austria

69 ± 12.6

70 ± 11.86

445

445

259/186

259/186

360(80.9%)

360(80.9%)

60(13.5%)

60(13.5%)

68(15.3%)

83(18.7%)

90(20.2%)

91(20.4%)

-

-

278(62.5%)

278(62.5%)

Choi 2015 [22]

Cohort

USA

63 ± 13

64 ± 13

194

1190

126/68

752/438

117 (60.3%)

794(66.7%)

41 (21.1%)

318(26.7%)

20(10.3%)

174(14.6%)

32 (16.5%)

205(17.2%)

81(41.8%)

508(42.7%)

58 (29.9%)

406(34%)

Laurencin 2015 [40]

Cohort

France

68 ± 15.7

170

112/58

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-