Table 1.

Patient Baseline Characteristics

	Without moderate or severe LA (n=79)	With moderate or severe LA (n=26)	Total (n=105)	P
Age	61.6±19.1	79.0±10.1	65.9±18.9	<0.001
Age ≥80 years	20.3% (16/79)	57.7% (15/26)	29.5% (31/105)	0.001
Cardioembolic stroke source	60.8% (48/79)	88.5% (23/26)	67.6% (71/105)	0.008
Hypertension	57.0% (45/79)	92.3% (24/26)	65.7% (69/105)	0.001
Hyperlipidemia	29.1% (23/79)	53.8% (14/26)	35.2% (37/105)	0.03
Atrial fibrillation	32.9% (26/79)	69.2% (18/26)	41.9% (44/105)	0.002
Baseline NIHSS score	17.5±6.0	19.8±6.4	18.1±6.1	0.05