Table 1.

Basic demographic data of patients with moyamoya disease

Variables	RIC group (n = 23)	Sham RIC group (n = 23)	P
Female sex, n (%)	10 (43.5)	10 (43.5)	1.00
Age (y), mean ± SD	7.69 ± 2.72	7.78 ± 2.76	0.92
Family history	2	0	0.49
Location of stenosis			0.75
Unilateral	8	7
Bilateral	15	16
Posterior circulation involvement	7	6	0.74
Suzuki stage, median (range)	2 (1–4)	2 (1–4)	0.79

RIC remote ischemic conditioning, SD standard deviation