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. 2014 Feb 5;9(2):e88044. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088044

Table 1. Demographic characteristics, ischemic lesion size and localization on diffusion-weighted images (DWI) as well as frequency of clinical symptoms in isolated thalamic infarction patients with crossed cerebellar diaschisis (CCD) and normal PWI.

All, n = 39 CCD, n = 9 Normal PWI, n = 30 OR; 95%CI p
Age, years (median, IQR) 72 (63–79) 75 (67.5–81.5) 72 (57–76.25) 0.13
Male sex (n, %) 20 (41.3) 3 (33.3) 17 (56.7) 0.38; 0.08–1.83 0.22
Time between onset and MRI, 325 (241–480) 343 (106–420) 321 (244.75–480) 0.54
minutes (median, IQR)
DWI lesion size, cm3 (median, IQR) 0.65 (0.35–0.91) 0.91 (0.49–1.54) 0.51 (0.32–0.74) 0.05
DWI lesion localization (n, %)
 Tuberothalamic artery territory 5 (12.8) 3 (33.3) 2 (3.3) 0.16
 Paramedian artery territory 17 (43.6) 4 (44.4) 13 (43.3)
 Inferolateral artery territory 16 (41.0) 2 (22.2) 14 (46.7)
 Posterior choroidal artery territory 1 (2.3) 0 1 (3.3)
Clinical symptoms (n, %)
 Dysarthria 12 (30.8) 6 (66.7) 6 (20.0) 8.00; 1.54–41.64 0.01
 Hemiparesis 21 (53.8) 4 (44.4) 17 (56.7) 0.61; 0.14–2.74 0.71
 Hemihypaesthesia 15 (38.5) 2 (22.2) 13 (43.3) 0.37; 0.07–2.11 0.44
 Hemiataxia 6 (15.4) 2 (22.2) 4 (13.3) 1.86; 0.28–12.31 0.61