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Table 1 Patient’s information

From: Clinical features, etiology, and prognosis of hand knob stroke: a case series

Age (years, means ± SD)

62.2 ± 13.2

Gender (male/female)

15/4

Vascular risk factors

 Hypertension

13 (68.4%)

 Hyperlipidemia

11 (57.9%)

 Hyperhomocysteinemia

11 (57.9%)

 Smoking

10 (52.6%)

 Alcoholism

7 (36.8%)

 Diabetes mellitus

6 (31.6%)

 Cardiac disease

3 (15.8%)

Clinical manifestations

 Isolated hand paresis

12 (63.2%)

 Hand paresis with mild hand numbness

4 (21.1%)

 Hand paresis with transient dysarthria

3 (15.8%)

Stroke type

 Hemorrhagic stroke

2 (10.5%)

 Ischemic stroke

17 (89.5%)

TOAST classification of cerebral infarction

n = 17

 SAO

6 (35.3%)

 LAA

6 (35.3%)

 SOE

2 (11.8%)

 SUE

2 (11.8%)

 CE

1 (5.9%)

Follow-up

 Good prognosis (mRS ≤2)

18 (94.7%)

 Stroke recurrence

1 (5.3%)

  1. SAO Small-vessel occlusion, LAA Large-artery atherosclerosis, SOE Stroke of other determined etiology, SUE Stroke of undetermined etiology, CE Cardioembolism, MRS Modified Rankin Scale