Table 2.
Clinical course and prognosis at 90th day of patients with different types of WSI
| Variable | CWI (n = 92) |
IWI (n = 112) |
Mixed type (n = 136) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial NIHSS Score | 3 (1, 5) | 3 (1, 6) | 3 (1, 5) | 0.423 |
| Clinical course, n (%) | ||||
| Improving | 33 (35.9) | 18 (16.1) | 26 (19.1) | 0.002 |
| Stable | 50 (54.3) | 56 (50.0) | 76 (55.9) | 0.641 |
| Deteriorated | 12 (13.0) a | 38 (33.9) a | 35 (25.7) | 0.003 |
| Prognosis at 90th day | ||||
| Poor outcome, n (%) | 21 (22.8) a | 47 (42.0) a | 50 (36.8) | 0.014 |
Data are presented as counts (%)
WSI Watershed infarction, CWI Cortical watershed infarction, IWI Internal watershed infarction, NIHSS The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, N number of persons
a Significant difference between CWI and IWI group