We applied the iScore to eligible participants in the nationwide multicenter stroke registry in Korea. Main outcome measures were poor functional outcome defined as having a modified Rankin Scale score 3-6 and death at 3聽months. Symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH) was evaluated as a safety outcome. C statistic was calculated to assess performance of iScore.
Among 4760 patients with an acute ischemic stroke, 622 (13.1%) received tPA, 548 patients had complete information for the analysis. C statistics for poor functional outcome and death at 3聽months were .813 (95% confidence interval [CI]: .778-.848) and .820 (95% CI: .769-.872), respectively. Overall, there was a high correlation between observed and expected outcome for poor functional outcome (Pearson correlation coefficient, r = .982) and for death at 3聽months (r = .950) at the risk score level. An iScore of 180 or more was associated with a more than 2 times risk of poor functional outcome and about 6 times risk of death at 3聽months. There was an interaction between the iScore and tPA for a poor functional outcome (P聽value for the interaction < .001). We found a gradient effect in the incident risk of sICH with the iScore.
The iScore reliably predicts stroke outcomes after tPA聽in Asiatic population.