Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of patients
| Patients |
p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FHV (+) | FHV (−) | |||
| Number of patients | 25 (27.9) | 62 (72.1) | ||
| Male gender | 14 (56.0) | 43 (69.4) | 0.236 | |
| Age, years | 61.1 ± 16.0 | 63.7 ± 13.2 | 0.449 | |
| Hypertension | 12 (48.0) | 34 (54.8) | 0.638 | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 8 (32.0) | 17 (27.9) | 0.8 | |
| Time interval from symptom onset to MRI, h | 29.4± 38.7 | 39.5 ± 37.4 | 0.006 | |
| TOAST classification | ||||
| LAA | 9 | 12 | ||
| CE | 8 | 10 | ||
| LAC | 2 | 27 | ||
| SUE (LAA+CE) | 6 | 1 | ||
| SUE (LAC+CE) | <0 | 1 | ||
| SUE (negative evaluation) | 0 | 11 | ||
Data are expressed as the mean ± SD or as n (%). SUE = Stroke of undetermined etiology.