Table 1.
Baseline characteristics according to recurrence status
| Recurrence (n=16) |
No Recurrence (n=241) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 70 (61-82) | 66 (55-76) | 0.255 |
| Female | 9 (56.2%) | 115 (47.7%) | 0.508 |
| Hypertension | 13 (81.2%) | 158 (65.6%) | 0.276 |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 3 (18.8%) | 44 (18.3%) | 1.000 |
| Atrial fibrillation | 1 (6.2%) | 39 (16.2%) | 0.479 |
| Prior TIA or stroke | 11 (68.8%) | 80 (33.2%) | 0.004 |
| Time to MRI (hours) | 9.6 (5.2-15.0) | 9.4 (5.5-15.5) | 0.907 |
| CCS stroke subtype | |||
| Large artery atherosclerosis | 11 (68.8%) | 53 (22.0%) | |
| Cardio-aortic embolism | 1 (6.2%) | 35 (14.5%) | <0.001 |
| Small artery occlusion | 0 (0.0%) | 21 (8.7%) | |
| Other rare causes | 4 (25.0%) | 15 (6.2%) | |
| Undetermined | 0 (0.0%) | 117 (48.5%) | |
| Treatment | |||
| Antiplatelet treatment | 12 (75.0%) | 196 (81.3%) | 0.533 |
| Anticoagulation | 11 (68.8%) | 116 (48.1%) | 0.110 |
| Mean ABCD2 Score ± SD | 4.5 ± 1.0 | 4.1 ± 1.6 | 0.292 |
| Median ABCD2 Score (IQR) | 5 (3-5) | 4 (3-5) | 0.321 |
| Mean RRE Score ± SD | 3.5 ± 1.0 | 1.7 ± 1.3 | <0.001 |
| Median RRE Score (IQR) | 3 (3-4) | 2 (1-3) | <0.001 |