Research Article

[Retracted] Efficacy of Balloon Guide Catheter-Assisted Thrombus Repair in Stroke Treatment: A Retrospective Survey in China

Table 1

Baseline characteristics.

Non-BGC group ()BGC group ()Total ()t/F/Z value

Age, M(IQR), year65 (55.6, 72.3)64 (54.8,70.0)64 (55.3, 70.8)0.9970.321
Gender/male, (%)39 (55.7)38 (61.3)77 (58.3)0.4210.597
Hypertension, (%)38 (54.3)33 (53.2)71 (53.8)0.0151.000
Diabetes, (%)19 (27.1)17 (27.4)36 (27.3)0.0011.000
Hyperlipidemia, (%)11 (15.7)9 (14.5)20 (15.2)0.0371.000
Atrial fibrillation, (%)9 (12.9)9 (14.5)18 (13.6)0.0770.805
NIHSS on admission, M (IQR)16.0 (11.8, 18.0)15.5 (11.0, 18.0)16.0 (11.0, 18.0)0.4080.684
Time to ED, M (IQR), (min)486.0 (297.0, 724.5)480.0 (284.3, 724.5)480.0 (288.0, 720.0)0.1760.861
ASPECT, (%)
  <79 (12.9)12 (19.4)21 (15.9)1.0380.347
  ≥761 (87.1)50 (80.6)111 (84.1)
Occlusion sites, (%)
42 (60.0)36 (58.1)78 (59.1)0.0510.860
 M128 (40.0)26 (41.9)54 (40.9)
Intravenous tPA, (%)12 (17.1)16 (25.8)28 (21.2)1.4770.287

ED: emergency department; t: t test, F: fisher test; Z: ranksum test; BGC: balloon guided catheter; NIHSS: national institutes of health stroke scale; ASPECT: alberta stroke program early CT score.