Table 3.
Intracranial vessel wall characteristics in various stroke etiologies by toast classification
| VESSEL WALL CHARACTERISTICS | Overall (n = 150) |
ICAD (n = 67) |
MMA (n = 45) |
CNS ANGITIS (n = 7) |
p-value (ICAD vs MMA) | p-value (ICAD vs CNS ANGIITIS) | p-value (MMA vs CNS ANGIITIS) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.Thickening | 117 (78.00) | 65 (97.01) | 10 (22.22) | 7 (100.00) | < 0.001 | 1.000 | < 0.001 | |
| 2.Thickening pattern | Eccentric | 66 (44.00) | 63 (94.03) | ⎯ | ⎯ | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
| Concentric | 52 (34.67) | 2 (2.99) | 10 (22.22) | 7 (100.00) | ||||
| 3.Enhancement | 114 (76.00) | 58 (86.57) | 11 (24.44) | 7 (100.00) | < 0.001 | 0.669 | < 0.001 | |
| 4.Grade Of enhancement | Grade 1 | 88 (58.67) | 48 (71.64) | 10 (22.22) | ⎯ | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
| Grade 2 | 26 (17.33) | 10 (14.93) | 1 (2.22) | 7 (100.00) | ||||
| 5.Enhancement pattern | Focal | 23 (15.33) | 21 (31.34) | ⎯ | ⎯ | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
| Diffuse | 52 (34.67) | 2 (2.99) | 11 (24.44) | 7 (100.00) | ||||
| Heterogeneous | 39 (26.00) | 35 (52.24) | ⎯ | ⎯ | ||||
| 6 .T2 juxta-luminal hyperintensity | 58 (38.67) | 58 (86.57) | ⎯ | ⎯ | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ⎯ | |
| 7.Intraplaque hemorrhage | 8 (5.33) | 8 (11.94) | ⎯ | ⎯ | 0.021 | 1.000 | ⎯ | |