Table 3.

Ipsilateral and contralateral MCA wall findings.

Wall findings	Ipsilateral MCA	Contralateral MCA	P value
	(n = 18)	(n = 18)
Presence of plaque	13 (72.2%)	6 (33.3%)	0.044
Superior wall	12 (66.7%)∗	5 (27.8%)∗∗	0.044
Inferior wall	5 (27.8%)	4 (22.2%)	1.000

Values are counts (percentages). Statistically significant values are shown in bold font.

MCA: middle cerebral artery.

^∗Of the 12 superiorly located plaques, 4 are also inferiorly involved.

^∗∗Of the 5 superiorly located plaques, 3 are also inferiorly involved.