Table 2

Functional outcome and rate of symptomatic intracranial haemorrhage for patients with IVT versus without IVT according to the degree of NWU (binarised)

(A) mRS at day 90Low NWUHigh NWUP value
IVT3 (IQR: 1–6)5 (IQR: 4–6)0.02
No IVT3 (IQR: 2–4)5 (IQR: 3–6)0.01
P value0.880.41
(B) % sICH
IVT0380.04
No IVT0130.16
P Value0.220.05
  • IVT, intravenous thrombolysis with alteplase; mRS, modified Rankin Scale; NWU, net water uptake; sICH, symptomatic intracerebral haemorrhage.