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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of ICH patients with and without ventricular extension

From: External ventricular drain placement is associated with lower mortality after intracerebral hemorrhage with intraventricular hemorrhage

Variable

Without IVH (n = 1342)

With IVH (n = 1144)

p-Value

Demographics

  Age

72 ± 12

72 ± 12

0.3

  Sex

  

0.29

    % male

53%

55%

 

    % female

47%

45%

 

Previous medical history

  ICH

11%

10%

0.16

  Ischemic stroke

16%

15%

0.37

  Hypertension

79%

84%

0.001

  Diabetes

21%

24%

0.043

  Hypercholesterolemia

46%

43%

0.105

ICH characteristics

  ICH volume median (IQR)

9 (3–24)

29 (10–73)

< 0.001

  IVH volume median (IQR)

0 (0–0)

10 (3–26)

< 0.001

  Location

  

0.308

    Lobar

50%

43%

< 0.001

    Deep

37%

48%

< 0.001

    Cerebellar

8%

6%

0.009

    Brain stem

4%

4%

0.362

Admission characteristics

  Pre-stroke mRS 0 or 1

70%

69%

0.795

  Initial SBP

171 ± 34

181 ± 50

< 0.001

  Anticoagulants

20%

26%

< 0.001

  Antiplatelets

44%

45%

0.656

  Initial GCS median (IQR)

15 (13–15)

9 (5–14)

< 0.001

Outcomes

  Intubated

18%

57%

< 0.001

  DNR in first 24 h

14%

33%

< 0.001

  CMO in first 24 h

6%

27%

< 0.001

  90-day mortality

19%

57%

< 0.001

  Discharge mRS 0–3

27%

8%

< 0.001

  90-day mRSa

(n = 787)

(n = 886)

< 0.001

    0

12.5%

1.7%

 

    1

16.0%

2.9%

 

    2

10.0%

3.2%

 

    3

14.5%

6.4%

 

    4

10.7%

6.7%

 

    5

4.3%

5.0%

 

    6

32.0%

74.2%

 

  90-day mRS 0–3

53.0%

14.2%

< 0.001

  EVD placement

4%

29%

< 0.001

  Hematoma evacuation

5%

8%

< 0.001

  1. Data with normal distribution were shown as mean ± SD. Nominal data were displayed with the prevalence. Ordinal data were shown as median (25–75%). Data were organized into sections with titles in bold text
  2. Abbreviations: ICH Intracerebral hemorrhage, IVH Intraventricular hemorrhage, EVD Extraventricular drain, SBP Systolic blood pressure, GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, DNR Do not resuscitate, CMO Comfort Measures Only
  3. amRS, modified Rankin scale score, available for 1673 patients