Table 2. PWV and prevalence of high for age PWV in stroke subtypes according to the TOAST classification.

	LAA	CEI	LAC	ODE	UDE	p value
Number of patients, n	12	50	42	23	78
PWV, m/s	8.8±1.7	7.2±1.7	8.3±1.8	7.7±1.4	8.4±2.1*	<0.01
High for age PWV, %	25	12	21	17	20	ns

*p = 0.01 vs CEI. LAA: large-artery atherosclerosis; CEI: cardio-embolic infarct; LAC: lacunar infarct; ODE: stroke of other determined etiology; UDE: stroke of undetermined etiology.