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 (%)] |
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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.