Baseline characteristics
| Preintervention | Postintervention | P value | |
| Number of patients | 399 | 190 | |
| Median NIHSS (IQR) | 3 (2–7) | 3 (1–7) | 0.510 |
| Median prestroke mRS (IQR)* | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–0) | 0.426 |
| Prestroke mRS 0–1 (%) * | 277 (85.8) | 124 (87.3) | 0.479 |
| Median age (IQR) | 73 (62–83) | 71 (57–81) | 0.099 |
| Out-of-hours (%) | 254 (63.7) | 124 (65.3) | 0.704 |
| Atrial fibrillation (%) | 50 (12.5) | 17 (8.9) | 0.200 |
| Diabetes (%) | 48 (12.0) | 26 (13.7) | 0.571 |
| Current smoker (%) | 69 (17.3) | 33 (18.6) | 0.907 |
| Previous stroke/TIA (%) | 90 (22.6) | 44 (23.2) | 0.871 |
| Hypertension (%) | 172 (43.1) | 74 (38.9) | 0.339 |
*Different total number of patients (excluded stroke mimics and missing data): N=323 preintervention (19.0% excluded), N=142 postintervention (25.8% excluded).
NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale;TIA, transient ischemic attack; mRS, modified Rankin scale.