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. 2013 Aug 27;26(4):454–463. doi: 10.1177/197140091302600410

Table 1.

Patient characteristics*.

Characteristics 206 (100%)
Gender
 Male
 Female
121 (58.7%)
85 (41.3%)
Age (years) 67.88±8.42
Vascular risk factors:
 Diabetes
 Hypertension
 Dyslipidemia
 Cigarette smoking
89 (43.2%)
153 (74.3%)
24 (11.7%)
49 (23.8%)
Presenting symptoms:
 Ataxia
 Visual disturbance
 Vertigo
 Wallenberg syndrome
 Numbness
 Hemiparesia
 Others		 95 (46.1%)
19 (9.2%)
32 (15.5%)
10 (4.8%)
24 (11.6%)
16 (7.7%)
10 (4.8%)
Functional status (initial mRS† score)
 1
 2
 3
 4		 3 (1.5%)
85 (41.3%)
111 (53.9%)
7 (3.4%)
Initial National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) 7.94±2.61
Concomitant arterial lesion:
 Unilateral internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis†
 Bilateral ICA stenosis
 Unilateral ICA occlusion
 Unilateral renal artery stenosis
 Unilateral subclavian stenosis
 Unilateral middle cerebral artery (MCA) stenosis
 Unilateral anterior cerebral artery (ACA) stenosis		 146 (100%)
57 (39.0%)
15 (10.2%)
4 (2.7%)
41 (28.0%)
24 (16.4%)
4 (2.73%)
1 (0.6%)
Degree of vertebral arteries stenosis 70.93±8.645

* Data are presented as mean ± SD or n (%).