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. 2012 Oct 12;7(10):e47158. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047158

Table 1. Demographic characteristics between controls and moyamoya patients.

Characteristic Control (n = 243) Moyamoya(n = 107) P * Ischemicmoyamoya(n = 92) Hemorrhagic moyamoya(n = 15) P *
Number of subjects
<18 years 102 (42.0) 56 (52.3) 54 (58.7) 2 (13.3)
≥18 years 141 (58.0) 51 (47.7) 38 (41.3) 13 (86.7)
Age (means±SD)
<18 years 7.71±4.05 7.98±4.13 0.920 8.11±4.12 4.50±3.54 NA
≥18 years 36.72±10.05 34.98±11.29 0.248 34.63±11.45 36.00±11.21 0.689
Sex [male, n(%)]
<18 years 54 (52.9) 22 (39.3) 0.100 21 (38.9) 1 (50.0) 1.000
≥18 years 51 (21.0) 14 (27.5) 0.260 12 (31.6) 2 (15.4) 0.472
Collateral vessel formation score (n = 64)
0 2
1 22
2 40
*

P values were calculated using the Mann-Whitney test for continuous data and χ2-test for categorical data.

Fisher's exact test. NA; not applicable.