Table 1.
Demographics and Baseline Characteristics. Stroke etiology according to TOAST criteria; CE= cardio-embolism, LAA= large artery atherosclerosis, SOE= stroke of other etiology, SUE= stroke of undetermined etiology.
| Patients (n=28) | Controls (n=29) | |
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| Age (mean +/− SD) | 68.4 +/− 17.1 | 54.9 +/− 9 |
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| NIHSS (mean +/− SD) | 12 +/− 6.5 | NA |
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| Stroke size (cc; mean +/− SD) | 39.7 +/− 50.6 | NA |
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| Gender (n, %) | ||
| Female | 16 (57.1) | 16 (55.2) |
| Male | 12 (42.9) | 13 (44.8) |
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| Ethnicity (n, %) | ||
| White | 6 (21.4) | 17 (58.6) |
| Black | 5 (17.9) | 2 (6.9) |
| Hispanic | 11 (39.3) | 5 (17.2) |
| Asian | 0 (0) | 2 (6.9) |
| Other | 6 (21.5) | 3 (10.3) |
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| Side of stroke (n, %) | ||
| Left | 16 (57.1) | |
| Right | 12 (42.9) | |
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| Stroke Etiology (n, %) | ||
| CE | 10 (35.7) | |
| LAA | 9 (32.1) | |
| SOE | 3 (10.7) | |
| SUE | 6 (21.4) | |