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Demographic Characteristic Platelet Testing/PED Group PED Alone Group P Value No. (%) of patients 511 (73.2) 187 (26.8) Age, y Mean ± SD 58.1 ± 14.1 55.7 ± 13.2 .022 Median (minimum, maximum) 59 (9, 86) 57 (13, 81) No. (%) male 98 (19.2) 40 (21.4) .52 Follow-up duration, mo Mean ± SD 21.5 ± 8.0 23.5 ± 10.1 .20 Median (minimum, maximum) 20.8 (0.1, 48.0) 21.3 (0.2, 60.5) Total no. (%) of aneurysms 601 (74.8) 201 (25.2) No. (%) of patients with 1 aneurysm 438 (85.7) 176 (94.1) 2 aneurysms 61 (11.9) 9 (4.8) .008 ≥3 aneurysms 12 (2.4) 2 (1.1) Mean center volume ± SD, n 65 ± 45 63 ± 32 .06 Median center volume (minimum, maximum), n 47 (21, 149) 69 (19, 149) Mean practitioner volume ± SD, n 25 ± 15 21 ± 13 .004 Median practitioner volume (minimum, maximum), n 21 (1, 54) 21 (1, 54) Aneurysm size, mm Mean ± SD (n) 10.8 ± 7.7 (595) 12.0 ± 7.7 (200) .01 Median (minimum, maximum) 8.8 (1.0, 55.0) 10.5 (1.0, 40.0) Aneurysm location, % (n/N) Internal carotid artery 78.0 (469/601) 77.1 (155/201) Middle cerebral artery 4.7 (28/601) 3.0 (6/201) Posterior cerebral artery 1.7 (10/601) 1.0 (2/201) .11 Basilar artery 4.0 (24/601) 8.5 (17/201) Other 11.6 (70/601) 10.4 (21/201) Multiple PEDs used 38.0 (227/598) 27.9 (56/201) .01 Aneurysm shape, % (n/N) Saccular 76.9 (462/601) 77.1 (155/201) Fusiform 13.1 (79/601) 13.4 (27/201) .58 Dissecting 5.0 (30/601) 6.5 (13/201) Other 5.0 (30/601) 3.0 (6/201) Complication Platelet Testing/PED Group (N = 511) (% [n]) PED Alone Group (N = 187) (% [n]) P Value Primary outcome: neurologic morbidity and neurologic mortality 8.8 (45) 3.2 (6) .01 Secondary outcomes Spontaneous rupture 0.6 (3) 0.5 (1) 1 Intracranial hemorrhage 2.3 (12) 0.0 (0) .04 Ischemic stroke 5.5 (28) 2.1 (4) .07 Parent artery stenosis 0.2 (1) 0.5 (1) .46 Cranial neuropathy 0.4 (2) 0.0 (0) 1 Neurologic morbidity 8.2 (42) 2.1 (4) <.01 Neurologic mortality 3.5 (18) 1.1 (2) .12 All-cause mortality 4.1 (21) 1.1 (2) .05 - Table 3:
Multivariate logistic regression analysis: odds of complications according to platelet-testing status
Complication ORa 95% CI P Value Primary outcome: neurologic morbidity and neurologic mortality 2.37 0.95 to 5.93 .06 Secondary outcomes Spontaneous rupture 1.46 0.28 to 7.67 .65 Intracranial hemorrhage 6.56 0.50 to 85.80 .15 Ischemic stroke 2.03 0.67 to 6.20 .21 Parent artery stenosis 0.06 <0.001 to 24.51 .37 Cranial neuropathy 1.17 0.22 to 6.38 .85 Neurologic mortality 3.24 0.80 to 15.01 .13 Neurologic morbidity 3.25 1.10 to 9.61 .03 All-cause mortality 3.67 0.81 to 16.74 .09 ↵a Shown are the odds in the platelet testing/PED group versus those in the PED alone group. For each of the complications, the OR is for the platelet testing/PED versus the PED alone group. The analysis was adjusted for age, gender, aneurysm size, number of aneurysms treated, use of multiple PEDs, practitioner's previous experience, and center volume.