| |
Total (n = 153)
|
Signal intensity distal to MCA stenosis
|
P Value (good vs poor)
|
|---|
| | |
Good
|
Poor
| |
|---|
| | |
Group A (n = 35)
|
Total (n = 118)
|
Group B (n = 58)
|
Group C (n = 60)
| |
|---|
|
Male
|
106(69.3)
|
24(68.6)
|
82(69.5)
|
43(74.1)
|
39(65)
|
0.917
|
|
Age*, years
|
62.9 ± 13.0
|
66.4 ± 11.9
|
61.9 ± 13.2
|
61.4 ± 13.4
|
62.4 ± 13.1
|
0.073
|
|
Cerebral infarction
|
144(94.1)
|
32(91.4)
|
112(94.9)
|
53(91.4)
|
59(98.3)
|
0.441
|
|
Transient ischemic attack
|
9(5.9)
|
3(8.6)
|
6(5.1)
|
5(8.6)
|
1(1.7)
| |
|
Risk factor
| | | | | | |
|
Hypertension
|
106(69.3)
|
25(71.4)
|
81(68.6)
|
42(72.4)
|
39(65)
|
0.837
|
|
Hypercholesterolemia
|
75(49.0)
|
17(48.6)
|
58(49.2)
|
31(53.4)
|
27(45)
|
1.000
|
|
Diabetes
|
62(40.5)
|
13(37.1)
|
49(41.5)
|
24(41.4)
|
25(41.7)
|
0.698
|
|
Smoking
|
72(47.1)
|
17(48.6)
|
55(46.6)
|
28(48.3)
|
27(45)
|
0.838
|
|
NIHSS score at admission*
|
4.5 ± 3.5
|
4.1 ± 3.6
|
4.6 ± 3.5
|
4.1 ± 3.1
|
5.3 ± 3.9
|
0.435
|
|
Asymptomatic ICAS
|
74(48.4)
|
16(45.7)
|
58(49.2)
|
26(44.8)
|
32(53.3)
|
0.848
|
|
Asymptomatic ECAS
|
10(6.5)
|
3(8.6)
|
7(5.9)
|
4(6.9)
|
3(5)
|
0.579
|
- Abbreviations: ECAS, exracranial atherosclerosis; ICAS, intracranial atherosclerosis; MCA, middle cerebral artery; NIHSS, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale
- *Continuous variables expressed as the means ± standard deviations; other values are expressed as n (%)
