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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of study population

From: Plaque morphology detected with Duplex ultrasound before carotid angioplasty and stenting (CAS) is not a predictor of carotid artery in-stent restenosis, a case control study

Variable

Data

 

ISR ≥70%

No ISR

p value

N

10

50

 

Age, years

69.8 ± 7.6

68.2 ± 8.7

0.580

Female sex

4 (40%)

8 (16%)

0.101

Right side

6 (60%)

19 (38%)

0.294

Symptomatic carotid stenosis

4 (40%)

32 (64%)

0.178

  Stroke

2 (20%)

21 (42%)

0.291

  Hemispherical TIA

2 (20%)

10 (20%)

1.000

Arterial Hypertension

10 (100%)

48 (96%)

1.000

Hyperlipidemia

10 (100%)

36 (72%)

0.098

Tobacco use

4 (40.0%)

13 (26%)

0.448

Diabetes mellitus

2 (20%)

11 (22%)

1.000

Coronary artery disease

3 (30%)

16 (32%)

1.000

Peripheral occlusive arterial disease

3 (30%)

7 (14%)

0.347

Atrial fibrillation

1 (12.5%)

3 (6%)

0.528

CEA restenosis

3 (30%)

6 (12%)

0.163

Contralateral ICA occlusion

3 (30%)

7 (14%)

0.347

Contralateral ICA stenosis ≥70%

2 (20%)

13 (26%)

1.000

Stenosis ≥ 90% before CAS

7 (70%)

22 (44%)

0.175

Median follow-up time (month, IQR)

15 (4.7 - 35.4)

40.2 (26.7 – 59.3)

0.024*

PSV >120 cm/s after CAS

4 (40%)

3 (6%)

0.012

Re-interventions

6 (60%)

0 (0%)

<0.001

  1. *significant difference.