Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the patients.

Variable	Lacunar infarction* N=298	No lacunar infarction N=157	P
Age (years), mean ±SD	69.39±10.01	58.87±9.02	<0.001
Male (%)	154 (51.7%)	65 (41.4%)	0.037
Hypertension	220 (75.3%)	72 (45.9%)	<0.001
Diabetes	97 (32.6%)	32 (21.0%)	0.010
Heart disease	92 (30.9%)	35 (22.3%)	0.112
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)	6.06±2.44	5.28±1.25	<0.001
Hyperlipidemia	159 (53.4%)	46 (29.3%)	<0.001
TC (mmol/L)	4.56±1.13	4.66±1.03	0.332
TG (mmol/L)	1.49±0.83	1.48±0.71	0.918
LDL (mmol/L)	3.06±0.98	3.14±0.88	0.402
HDL (mmol/L)	1.16±0.35	1.23±0.36	0.029
Smoking	34 (11.4%)	27 (17.2%)	0.085
Alcohol drinking	24 (8.1%)	22 (14.0%)	0.045
Carotid stenosis	218 (73.2%)	63 (40.1%)	<0.001
Intracranial stenosis	140 (55.6%)	46 (31.9%)	<0.001

Continuous variables are shown as means±standard deviation. Categorical variables are shown as n (%).

^*Patients with transient ischemic attack and silent lacunar infarction.