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. 2015 Feb;8(1):11–16.

Table 1. Demographic manifestations and frequency of more than 50% stenosis in cervical and cerebral arteries (for bilateral arteries right and/or left side involvements were considered).

Involved Artery All Patients N = 342 [Stenosis (%)/Total Occlusion (%)] Males N = 213 [Stenosis (%)/Total Occlusion (%)] Females N = 129 [Stenosis (%)/Total Occlusion (%)] P-Value* [Stenosis (%)/Total Occlusion (%)]
Innominate artery 0(0%)/1(0.3%) 0(0%)/0(0%) 0(0%)/1(0.8%) _/0.4
Common carotid arteries 41(12%) /4(1.2%) 26(12.2%)/4(1.9%) 15(11.6%)/0(0%) 0.9/0.3
Extracranial internal carotid arteries 203(59.4%) /53(15.5%) 130(61%)/36(16.9%) 73(56.6%)/17(13.2%) 0.4/0.4
Intracranial internal carotid arteries 50(14.6%)/39(11.4%) 32(15%)/27(12.7%) 18(14%)/12(9.3%) 0.8/0.3
Middle cerebral arteries 37(10.8%)/7(2%) 21(9.9%)/2(0.9%) 16(12.4 %)/5(3.9%) 0.5/0.1
Anterior cerebral arteries 11(3.2%)/0(0%) 5(2.4%)/0(0%) 6(4.7%)/0(0%) 0.2/_
Subclavian arteries 5(1.4%)/0(0%) 4(1.9%)/0(0%) 1(0.8%)/0(0%) 0.7/_
Extracranial vertebral arteries 85(24.8%)/21(6.1%) 55(25.9%)/16(7.5%) 30(23.3%)/5(3.9%) 0.6/0.2
Intracranial vertebral arteries 7(2%)/0(0%) 4(1.9%)/0(0%) 3(2.3%)/0(0%) 1/_
Basilar artery 14(4.1%)/0(0%) 9(4.2%)/0(0%) 5(3.9%)/0(0%) 0.9/_
Posterior cerebral arteries 20(5.8%)/3(0.9%) 15(7%)/3(1.4%) 5(3.9%)/0(0%) 0.2/0.3
*

Demonstrates the statistical difference of stenosis/occlusion between male and female populations.