General characteristics of subjects.

Baseline NIHSS scores, onset to visit time, and initial blood glucose levels were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test after tests of normality.END, early neurological deterioration; TOAST, Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment; LAA, large artery atherosclerosis; CE, cardioembolism; SVO, small vessel occlusion; UD, undetermined; NIHSS, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale; PAI, perforating artery infarcts; PI, pial infarcts; BI, border zone infarcts; TI, territorial infarcts; LI, lacunar infarcts; IVT, intra-venous thrombolysis; IAR, intra-arterial revascularization.*Lesion patterns were analyzed only in patients with lesions in anterior circulation.