Table 2:

Baseline clinical and radiographic characteristics stratified by statin treatment (statin therapy either continued or acutely started) or not

Baseline CharacteristicsOn Statin Treatmenta (n = 251)No Statin Treatment (n = 167)P Value
Age (yr) (median) (IQR)70 (18)62 (25)<.001
Hypertension (%)63% (159/251)42% (70/167)<.001
Sex (% male)65% (163/251)53% (89/167).01
Smoking17% (42/251)13% (21/167).24
Diabetes mellitus (%)15% (38/251)11% (19/167).38
Symptomatic extracranial carotid disease ≥50% (%)13% (33/251)4% (6/167).001
Symptomatic intracranial vascular occlusion/stenosis ≥50% (%)25% (63/251)15% (25/167).013
Positive CTA findingb36% (89/251)17% (29/167)<.001
DWI-positive on baseline MRI69% (172/251)40% (66/167)<.001
DWI infarct volume (mL) (median) (IQR)1.1 (3.8)1.0 (2.9).48

  • ↵a Statin treatment either acutely started or continued.

  • ↵b Positive CTA finding: relevant intra- or extracranial occlusion or stenosis of ≥50%.