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However, corresponding studies at high altitude are few. This study aimed to analyse the clinical characteristics of AIS patients at high-altitude regions through a hospital-based comparative study between Tibet and Beijing.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study included the diagnoses of AIS patients from People\u2019s Hospital of Tibet Autonomous Region (PHOTAR) and Peking University First Hospital (PUFH) between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2017, where data including patient demographics, treatment time, onset season, risk factors, infarction location, laboratory data, image examination results, treatments, and AIS subtype were collected and compared. Continuous and categorical variables were analysed with a two-sample t-test or Wilcoxon rank sum test and chi-square test, respectively. Significant risk factors were examined with binary logistic regression analysis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In total, 236 and 1021 inpatients from PHOTAR and PUFH were included, respectively. The PHOTAR patients were younger than the PUFH patients (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&lt;\u20090.001). Young adult stroke, erythrocytosis, and hyperhomocysteinemia were more frequent in PHOTAR patients (all\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&lt;\u20090.001). Other vascular risk factors, including hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidaemia, smoking and alcohol consumption history, were less prevalent in PHOTAR patients than in PUFH patients. The rate of intravenous thrombolysis and the rate of within intravenous thrombolysis window time were also lower in PHOTAR patients (both\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&lt;\u20090.001). The PHOTAR group also tended to have anterior circulation infarction. Erythrocytosis and hyperhomocysteinemia were independent risk factors in PHOTAR, and young adults accounted for a larger proportion of stroke cases.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In Tibet, AIS patients were relatively younger, and anterior circulation infarctions were more common. Erythrocytosis and hyperhomocysteinemia may contribute to these differences. Here, young adult stroke also accounted for a higher proportion, and this may be associated with erythrocytosis. 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