From: Long-term outcome of vertebral artery origin stenosis in patients with acute ischemic stroke
 | Vertebral artery origin stenosis (n = 137) | Acute lacunar infarcts (n = 171) | P-value |
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Age, years (mean ± SD) | 70.4 ± 10.3 | 63.8 ± 11.5 | < 0.001 |
Male (n,%) | 73 (53.3) | 97 (56.7) | 0.566 |
Hypertension (n,%) | 96 (70.1) | 119 (69.6) | 1.000 |
Diabetes (n,%) | 66 (48.2) | 75 (43.9) | 0.491 |
Hyperlipidemia (n,%) | 56 (40.9) | 57 (33.3) | 0.191 |
Atrial fibrillation (n,%) | 6. (4.4) | 5 (2.9) | 0.547 |
Smoking (n,%) | 61 (44.5) | 90 (52.6) | 0.170 |
Previous stroke history (n,%) | 34 (24.8) | 41 (24.0) | 0.894 |
Coronary arterial disease | 27 (19.7) | 41 (24.4) | 0.337 |
Peripheral arterial disease | 5 (3.6) | 6 (3.6) | 1.000 |
ESRS (mean ± SD) | 3.2 ± 1.5 | 2.9 ± 1.5 | 0.126 |
ESRS > 3 | 52 (38.0) | 58 (33.9) | 0.475 |