Table 2.

Subject characteristics of patients with vascular lesions near the primary sensorimotor area, Broca's area, and Wernicke's area, grouped by distance from lesion edge to area of activation.

	Lesion-Activation-Distance (LAD)
	< 10 mm	10–20 mm	> 20 mm	p value
Primary sensorimotor area
Gender (% male)	54	62	40	0.19
Age (mean)	31	34	38	0.38
Handedness (% right)	54	76	64	0.68
AVM (% yes)	54	50	47	0.90
Broca's area
Gender (% male)	0	46	49	0.60
Age (mean)	20	37	37	0.47
Handedness (% right)	0	55	65	0.47
AVM (% yes)	100	27	49	0.23
Wernicke's area
Gender (% male)	0	25	51	0.05*
Age (mean)	30	31	38	0.14
Handedness (% right)	25	58	62	0.75
AVM (% yes)	25	58	47	0.49